There's a movement to make school meals healthier. It’s part of a battle against childhood obesity and to fight hunger among poor children, more of whom are eating subsidized school meals because of the economy. The School District of Philadelphia is a national leader in healthy eating by getting soda and junk foods out of schools. Change is vital, say doctors who see obese children with adult illnesses. "If we take 100 calories a day out of school meals, we move the needle on obesity," said Gary Foster, director of the Center for Obesity Research and Education.

 
March 16, 2010 | NBC10
Dan McKinney, a student broadcast journalist at Temple, had the opportunity to show his work on NBC 10. "This has been a passion of mine since seventh grade. Since then, I like to consider myself a backpack journalist. I love having a hand in all aspects of the production, from the editing to the writing, to the camera work," McKinney explained. He reported on the popularity of Temple, which has seen applications increase 50 percent over the past ten years. This doesn't surprise Karin West Mormando, director of Undergraduate Admissions at Temple. "In the last 12 years that I've been here, the campus has changed tremendously: new classroom buildings, new residence halls, the TECH Center — all of that becomes a huge reason why students would choose Temple."