

Education May 02

The Trump administration has rolled back a rule that required foods like pasta and bread be made with whole grains.
By Candice Choi, Associated Press
Nation Apr 03

The lawsuit comes after the Trump administration scaled back contested school lunch standards implemented under the Obama administration, including one requiring that only whole grains be served.
By Associated Press
Education Jul 05

New Mexico this year became the first to outlaw school meal shaming. Several other states are weighing similar laws.
By Morgan Lee, Associated Press
Health Dec 15

In schools, where companies enjoy a captive audience, food marketing is widespread -- on pizza packaging, football game scoreboards and vending machines, for example. But the messages on healthy eating in the classroom often conflict with both that marketing and…
By Laura Santhanam
May 18

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Wednesday weighed legislation that could lower the number of students receiving free and reduced-price meals at school.
Jan 20

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- School meals could become a bit tastier under legislation approved by a Senate committee.
Dec 10

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Congress is taking some whole grains off the school lunch line. A massive year-end spending bill released Tuesday doesn't allow schools to opt out of healthier school meal standards championed by first lady Michelle Obama, as House Republicans…
Jul 05

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press
"The last thing that we can afford to do right now is play politics with our kids' health, especially when we're finally starting to see some progress on this issue," Mrs. Obama said at the White House.
May 29

By PBS NewsHour
The 2010 Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act required schools to use more wholesome ingredients and set fat, sugar and sodium limits. But Republican lawmakers have proposed a one-year waiver, arguing that students won't eat the new offerings or that schools can't…
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