As a group of elementary school children went through the lunch line at Parklawn Elementary school in Alexandria, Va., first lady Michelle Obama playfully reminded the students, “Don’t forget your veggies!” Obama was joined by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and celebrity chef Rachael Ray to...
Read more...First lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday unveiled new nutrition guidelines for school lunches that require cafeterias to serve more fruits and vegetables, more whole grains, sufficient calories, low-fat and nonfat milk, and less sodium.
Read more...The federal government is trimming the salt and fat in cafeteria meals. Will it help slim down America's students?
Read more...An overhaul of U.S. school meal standards that replaces breaded patties and canned fruit with fresh tomatoes and chef salad will cost $3.2 billion over five years, less than half of what was initially proposed by the Obama administration.
Read more...Students can buy baked pita chips, soy milk, apple sauce, low-fat granola bars and organic iced teas
Read more...As the nation's school struggle to make lunches healthier, L.A. tries to figure out how to make kids enjoy eating healthy
Read more...School lunch counters will start replacing breaded patties and canned fruit with fresh tomatoes and chef salad as the Obama administration moves forward with an overhaul of U.S. meal standards that may cost states and local agencies $7 billion.
Read more...WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. schoolchildren, accustomed to a steady diet of pizza and french fries, will find more fruits, vegetables and whole grains on their cafeteria trays under new government school lunch rules announced on Wednesday. The new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) rules aim to boost the nutritional quality of the federally subsidized meals consumed by roughly 32 ...
Read more...Paul Munro Elementary School was one of 20 sites in Virginia that offered fun activities to get students excited about healthy living Children in Virginia got a "healthy" break from classes Thursday.
Read more...As cash-strapped public schools have cut back on spending for physical education, some members of Congress want to intervene, worried that the nations schools are churning out too many fat… Click to Continue »
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