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If you look up Chef Seth Bixby Daugherty, you'll find him on the cover of a 2005 Food & Wine magazine naming him one of America's 10 best new chefs. But when he saw first-hand the food that his children were eating at school, "Chef Seth" turned his focus to revamping school cafeteria menus by founding a nonprofit organization called Real Foods Initiatives.

Learn more about Chef Seth's Real Foods Initiatives and his mission to get kids to eat real food.

Better School Food is a group of dedicated parents, educators and health professionals committed to working with local communities to improve meals and increase awareness of the connection between good food, good health and a student's ability to learn effectively.

Find out how you can start improving the food served in your school cafeteria and form and action plan for better food and healthier kids.

Growing up, Shawn DeMartino, of Yarmouthport, MA, struggled with being overweight. He reached his turning point at age 11, when he collapsed running the mile at his school's field day. Since then, he's taught himself to cook healthy meals and gotten active, participating in horseback riding and on his school's sports teams. He's now a fit, healthy teen who hopes to one day host his own cooking show.

Learn how Shawn turned his life around by learning how to cook and getting fit.

Do you have a picky eater in your house? In Night of the Veggie Monster, a little boy is such a picky eater that he turns into a "veggie monster" if a pea even touches his lips!

Inspired by the antics of his son, Samuel, George McClements wrote this fun-filled, creative book to show parents and kids that veggies aren't so scary after all. And the illustrations made from collages of photos and drawings might even inspire you to create a book of your own! Read more, here.

Louie's Kids raises money to identify and invest in a variety of high-impact interventions, such as activity-based memberships, sports and physical conditioning opportunities, camp experiences and counseling for overweight and obese children. It's the only organization in the country whose mission focuses specifically on the treatment of childhood obesity through a range of programs that span physical activity, nutrition, diet and ongoing support coupled with intensive assessment of outcomes and effectiveness.

Read more about how Louie's Kids is fighting obesity...one child at a time.