BUFFALO, N.Y. — If you're a parent, you might be wondering how to make sure your child is eating healthy at school, whether that is from the school cafeteria or a packed lunch.

Parents want to make sure that students are getting healthy balanced lunches and are actually eating what is packed for them, or making good choices in the lunchroom.

Elizabeth Hartz MS, RDN, CDN is a lecturer of health, nutrition and dietetics. She says, "Back to school can be a big difference in how you treat your child nutritionally."

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Hartz says that when students have a balanced diet, it allows them the opportunity to perform better in school. "You're trying to learn something new, you're creating neural pathways. It takes a lot of

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