Healthy Lunch Ideas: Protein Bowls, Wraps & Sandwiches

What can you eat for lunch when dealing with GERD or an athletic schedule? From protein bowls to low-calorie grinder sandwiches, these flavorful recipes offer healthy alternatives to the standard office salad.

School girl holding food tray in school cafeteria

Pros & Cons of Longer School Lunches

Published Aug,25 2011 | By Barbie Carpenter

The nutrition of school lunches — or lack thereof — is a hotly contested debate as childhood obesity rates have risen in the United States. A part of this debate focuses on the length of school lunch times, whether school lunch times should be extended to give students more time to eat — and eat healthily.

Barbie Carpenter worked as a technical writer and editor in the defense industry for six years. She also served as a newspaper feature page editor and nationally syndicated columnist for the Hearst Corp. Carpenter holds a Bachelor of Science in journalism from the University of Florida and a graduate certificate in professional writing from the University of Central Florida.