A new study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows only one percent of USDA's school-lunch programs meet its own dietary goals The nutritional deficiencies of school lunch programs were first exposed over a decade ago. Even so, the Agriculture Department is holding hearing to gather even more information about school lunches before taking any major steps to enforce its guidelines. Meanwhile, every school day 25 million U.S. children are eating lunches too high in fat, saturated fat and sodium.
April 05, 2006
Empty Calories, Empty Rules
A new study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows only one percent of USDA's school-lunch programs meet its own dietary goals The nutritional deficiencies of school lunch programs were first exposed over a decade ago. Even so, the Agriculture Department is holding hearing to gather even more information about school lunches before taking any major steps to enforce its guidelines. Meanwhile, every school day 25 million U.S. children are eating lunches too high in fat, saturated fat and sodium.
