Hunger-Free Kids Act, a sweeping bill aimed at providing healthier meals for children at schools across the country. The legislation, which President Obama quickly signed into law, gave the secretary of agriculture the authority to write new rules requiring schools to serve up more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, and less salt, sugar, and fat. It marked a high-profile victory for Michelle Obama, who by then had already made fighting childhood obesity her trademark issue as first lady.
While it’s still early, the rules are proving effective by most accounts. More than 90 percent of the nation’s schools say they’ve implemented the new nutrition benchmarks, and public health experts are largely happy with the results. Fruit and vegetable consumption in schools is up, and, counter to some anecdotal evidence, less food is going to waste, according to a recent report from the Harvard School of Public Health. But if House Republicans have their way later this summer, those healthy meals may no longer be on the menu when students return to school this fall.
Of the 29 Republicans who want to lower nutrition standards, 17 hail from states that the CDC says are part of the country’s “diabetes belt.”
SAID THE CDC!!!
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