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Aired Feb. 3, 2012. Just last week, first lady Michelle Obama announced new guidelines for more nutritious school lunches. But the Los Angeles school district has been ahead of the game. It started serving healthier meals last fall. So has it worked? Are students grabbing for apples instead of fries? Is it a food revolution, or a revolt? As Jennifer London found out, trying to please 700,000 kids is not easy.

Aired Feb. 3, 2012. Just last week, first lady Michelle Obama announced new guidelines for more nutritious school lunches. But the Los Angeles school district has been ahead of the game. It started serving healthier meals last fall. So has it worked? Are students grabbing for apples instead of fries? Is it a food revolution, or a revolt? As Jennifer London found out, trying to please 700,000 kids is not easy.

Aired Sep. 30, 2011. Over two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese, and a big part of the problem is our appetite for fast food. So who's to blame for America’s "burger binge" — the fast food restaurants on every block that bombard us with ads, or our own urge to fill up on fries? In this report, Correspondent Brian Rooney spoke with healthy food activists and got some very frank comments from one of America’s top fast food chains.

Aired Sep. 30, 2011. Over two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese, and a big part of the problem is our appetite for fast food. So who's to blame for America’s "burger binge" — the fast food restaurants on every block that bombard us with ads, or our own urge to fill up on fries? In this report, Correspondent Brian Rooney spoke with healthy food activists and got some very frank comments from one of America’s top fast food chains.

Last week the Obama administration announced a plan to make school lunches healthier. We look back at an early grassroots effort to do the same.

Last week the Obama administration announced a plan to make school lunches healthier. We look back at an early grassroots effort to do the same.

Meet people who take environmental living to new limits...dumpster divers. They are a rare breed of daring environmentalists who can't stand to see good food thrown away, so they rescue it. Anchor Val Zavala delved into the world of dumpster diving and was shocked to see how much food we waste.

Meet people who take environmental living to new limits...dumpster divers. They are a rare breed of daring environmentalists who can't stand to see good food thrown away, so they rescue it. Anchor Val Zavala delved into the world of dumpster diving and was shocked to see how much food we waste.

With the price of gas hovering around $4 and electricity bills on the rise, who would you think is on the forefront of green energy? Big utility companies? Auto manufacturers? Silicon Valley? Try the Pentagon. The Pentagon has orderd all branches of the armed services to fight energy costs while developing secure sources of energy for bases at home and troops in the field. Correspondent Brian Rooney takes a lok at how the military is saving energy, saving money, and possibly saving lives.

With the price of gas hovering around $4 and electricity bills on the rise, who would you think is on the forefront of green energy? Big utility companies? Auto manufacturers? Silicon Valley? Try the Pentagon. The Pentagon has orderd all branches of the armed services to fight energy costs while developing secure sources of energy for bases at home and troops in the field. Correspondent Brian Rooney takes a lok at how the military is saving energy, saving money, and possibly saving lives.

In this story, we look at health care - care that many of us take for granted. But it's not a given for two million Angelenos without access to a doctor or dentist. We meet with some of those Angelenos and see what they have to endure to get a nine-year old boy eyeglasses, or get a painful tooth pulled. And we meet a determined group of volunteers who are trying to help them. Correspondent Judy Muller reports. Originally aired Nov. 18, 2011.

In this story, we look at health care - care that many of us take for granted. But it's not a given for two million Angelenos without access to a doctor or dentist. We meet with some of those Angelenos and see what they have to endure to get a nine-year old boy eyeglasses, or get a painful tooth pulled. And we meet a determined group of volunteers who are trying to help them. Correspondent Judy Muller reports. Originally aired Nov. 18, 2011.