New USDA school lunch guidelines, part of President Obama’s
Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, require doubling the servings of fruits and
vegetables, with less sodium and fat and no meat for breakfast. The rules limit
calories, so as First Lady Michelle Obama has said, school lunches don’t undo
parents’ efforts to ensure their children eat healthy meals.
The problem, however, is in the limit of protein — meats,
cheese, sour cream, yogurt (but not milk) — and grains to 2 ounces each for
young children and 3 ounces for high schoolers. The new rules set the
minimum at only 1 oz. of protein per meal, said Salley Young, a Montana School
Nutrition Association executive board member and food service manager at
Greenfield Elementary School.
Source: Great Falls Tribune
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