What’s For Lunch on School Menus?
Posted on 16 September 2010
The infamous school cafeteria menu has survived several presidencies, but it won’t be around much longer if the Obama administration has anything to do with it. With the obesity rate rising among children, the administration is making every effort to overhaul the much scrutinized school lunch program, which means stricter guidelines for cafeteria operators.
Transforming School Lunches
A growing number of children across the country (31 million to be exact) participate in school lunch programs every day, and as they shuffle back to school this fall, they’ll realize their once favorite sweet and salty snacks will be hard to come by, and some may even be asking, “where’s the beef?”
In response to changing school nutrition legislation, cafeteria operators nationwide have started trading the tater tots for sweet potatoes, and using leaner proteins in place of red meat. And Let’s Move, First Lady Michelle Obama’s nationwide initiative to raise a healthier generation, can be credited for jump starting this nutrition…
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