School Lunches Are U.S. National (2)

NutritionWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Agriculture Department could be given the power to control all meals sold in faculties – together with vending machine snacks – when Congress renews baby nutrition programs, the chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee stated on Tuesday.

From my private experience, I firmly believe this to be true. My youngsters do have the occasional junk food, but for the most part are very good eaters. They really love spinach and broccoli and even ask for it! My daughters love snacking on cold steamed broccoli, right out of the refrigerator. Another factor they snack on, or eat with meals, are frozen peas – yes, frozen – attempt it together with your little ones from early on!

In response, the Department of Agriculture is providing these schools flexibility in assembly the more healthy standards. It has removed caps on proteins due to issues some colleges faced and …

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