Sentences with phrase «federal nutrition standards for»

Two of the messages conveyed by one of Coca - Cola's courses: sugar is not harmful to children, and federal nutrition standards for school meals are too restrictive.

It undermines the federal nutrition standards for meals if students spend their money on unhealthy options.

Yesterday First Lady Michelle Obama, accompanied by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, released the final federal nutrition standards for school meals, representing the first major overhaul of school food requirements in over 15 years.

Not exact matches

In general, school salad bars are an effective way for schools to apply new federal school lunch nutrition standards, which require that a variety of fruits and vegetables are offered to students daily.

That's because federal child nutrition standards are intentionally aligned with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs), and the current DGAs permit consuming up to half of one's daily fruit intake come from juice.

When the U.S. Congress passed the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act in 2010, it meant an overhaul of school nutrition standards (the requirements for school lunch and breakfast programs funded by the federal government).

For those of you too young to remember the early 80s, President Reagan once caused a ruckus by attempting to lower school food nutrition standards as a means of reducing federal spending on the program.

Texas's nutrition standards are pretty lax when compared to the new federal rules (allowing, for example, 28 grams of fat in a given item), but the TDA has relied upon them since 2009 to curb sales of the worst junk food on Texas school campuses.

Promulgated by the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), the agency which administers the state's federal school lunch program, the «Texas School Nutrition Policy» regulates the time and place in which competitive foods and beverages may be sold and also sets nutrition standards for those items.

In other words, House Republicans» distaste for federal interference in school food programs suited the SNA perfectly when it came to rolling back nutrition standards — but now that conservatism has gone too far for the SNA to stomach.

As the executive director of NYSHEPA, Nancy ran an 800 member - strong coalition and advocated at the local, state and federal level for numerous nutrition and physical activity measures including school nutrition standards, calorie labeling, trans fat ban, Complete Streets, breastfeeding bill of rights, nutrition standards for fast - food kids» meals sold with toys, Safe Routes to School, nutrition standards for foods marketed to children, and the sugar - sweetened beverage tax.

The new standards, which go into effect July 1, mark the first time the U.S. Department of Agriculture program will directly dictate nutrition for any food sold in schools during the school day — not just the traditional lunches and breakfasts long subsidized through the federal school lunch program.

The federal government plays a vital role in the success of these programs: providing reimbursements for each meal served, ensuring equal access to free and reduced price meals for students in need and administering national nutrition standards.

«It's very possible that the state would pick up all the current (federal) standards,» said James Burke, assistant superintendent in charge of child nutrition for the Illinois Board of Education.

In general, school salad bars are an effective way for schools to apply new federal school lunch nutrition standards, which require that a variety of fruits and vegetables are offered to students daily.

As for your contention that the «Whole Foods class» is somehow driving federal child nutrition standards, I refer you back to my response to Brian re: the IOM.

We'll start with a review of key federal actions, including The Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act of 2010, the «Smart Snacks» regulations, and new proposed professional standards for child nutrition professionals.

To address the issues, 75 percent of school leaders encourage an increase in federal funding for school districts to comply with the new standards and 60.3 percent support additional flexibility for school districts to improve their ability to provide good nutrition without harm to instruction, personnel, and other school district operations.

Whether it be ESEA reauthorization, funding for Federal education programs, charter schools and vouchers, standards, technology and e-rate, health, child nutrition and school safety, or many others, there is no shortage of education issues being debated in the halls of Congress or among major decision - makers in Washington, DC.

The federal government plays a vital role in the success of these programs: providing reimbursements for each meal served, ensuring equal access to free and reduced price meals for students in need and administering national nutrition standards.