The new standards for school meals announced Wednesday by First Lady Michelle Obama and Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack standards for the first time in more than 15 years and are said to improve the health and nutrition of nearly 32 million children that participate in school meal programs every school day. Read the standards on the USDA website.
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly the American Dietetic Association), Chicago, said it “strongly supports” the new regulations.