Back to School, Childhood Nutrition

It's time for kids to go back to school, but what are they eating? The foods children consume now can adversely affect their future health, particularly their risk of developing obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. The September edition of Health Dialogues examines childhood nutrition in the busy home, in the cafeteria and in the lunchbox.

Balboa High School, San Francisco

Health Dialogues takes a trip to San Francisco's Balboa High School, where students and administrators are taking healthy eating habits seriously. Guest: Corrie Fong, Student, Balboa High School. Guest: Dana Woldow, Co-chair of the student nutrition and physical activity committee for the San Francisco Unified School District.. Guest: Gisell Jimenez, Student, Balboa High School. Guest: Kristal Davila, Student, Balboa High School. Guest: Nancy Doan, Student, Balboa High School. Guest: Patricia Gray, Principal of Balboa High School, San Francisco.. Guest: Sylvia Brookback, Student, Balboa High School.

• Balboa High School Slideshow: Watch a slideshow of students eating healthy at the Balboa High School cafeteria.

Junk Food and Soda Bans in L.A. Public Schools

Reporter Sarah Varney takes a look at the Los Angeles Unified School District, the first in the nation to ban soda sales on campus, and the challenges other school districts will likely face when following suit.

• More: Foods Approved by the Los Angeles School District
• More: Foods unapproved by the Los Angeles School District

• What Are Kids Really Eating?: Chart showing what some San Francisco elementary students are eating on a daily basis.

Diabesity

An interview with Dr. Francine Kaufman, MD, author of "Diabesity:A Doctor and Her Patients on the Front Lines of the Obesity-Diabetes Epidemic." Guest: Dr. Francine Kaufman, MD, director of the Center for Diabetes at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles..

School Garden Trip

The State Department of Education estimates that half of California's public schools have school gardens that teach kids about the value of fresh produce. Reporter Rori Gallagher visits one of those gardens at Redwood City's John Gill Elementary School.

Food Policy Legistation

Public policy is an obvious way to try and affect our kids' eating habits. But does it work? Health Dialogues speaks with a food policy advocate to find out. Guest: Matt Sharp, Senior advocate at California Food Policy Advocates..

News Segment: Sports4Kids

Health Dialogues talks with Sports4Kids, a non-profit organization based in Oakland that considers organized playground activity an important part of kids' health. Guest: Jill Violet, president and founder, Sports4Kids..

• Sports4Kids Video: Watch a video of Sports4Kids at work.