Improving Nutrition
Standards in the
National School
Lunch and School Breakfast
Programs
Improving the health of our
children by providing nutritious
meals in schools
is a top
priority for the Obama
Administration. USDA
announced a
proposed rule, based
on the latest science, to make
critical improvements to
the
nutritional quality of school
meals.
This proposed rule would increase
the availability of fruits,
vegetables, whole
grains, and
fat-free and low-fat fluid milk
in school meals; and reduce the
levels of sodium and saturated
fat in meals. Implementation of
this proposed
rule would result
in more nutritious school meals
and help improve the
nutrition
and health of children across
the country.
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