A nutritionist's school lunch tips
Photo credit: Timothy Fadek | Stony Brook nutritionist Josephine Connolly-Schoonen and her son, Martin, walk through the aisles and give advice on packing kids' lunches at Stop N Shop in South Setauket. (Aug. 13, 2009)
Josephine Connolly-Schoonen does some of her best work in the supermarket. As a professor of family medicine at Stony Brook and the director of the university's dietetic-internship program, it is the registered dietitian's job to familiarize herself with the nutritional particulars of what American families are eating.
She also has to make lunch for three school-age children.
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