Sentences with phrase «further sodium reductions»

Specifically, the School Nutrition Association and its allies are seeking to: slash by 50 % the amount of «whole grain - rich» foods served to kids; make it optional instead of mandatory for kids to take a 1/2 cup serving of fruits or vegetables at lunch; and halt further sodium reductions in school food.

Specifically, the SNA sought to: gut the new whole grain standard from 100 percent «whole grain - rich» to 50 percent; halt further sodium reductions in school food; and revert to the old system under which kids could pass up all fruits and vegetables a lunch, instead of being required to take a half - cup serving.

Districts could already seek a waiver to serve grains foods that aren't «whole grain - rich,» and while some advocates are upset that there won't be further sodium reductions (at least for now), school food is still lower in salt than it was pre-HHFKA.

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In addition, the CRomnibus language freezes current levels of sodium in school meals until the USDA can demonstrate that scheduled, further reductions in sodium are beneficial to children's health.

SNA is specifically asking Congress to revert back to 2010 standards that require only half of all grains offered to be whole - grain rich, leave sodium levels where they are until research proves further reductions benefit children and do away with the requirement that forces kids to take the half cup of fruit and vegetables with every meal, since most students end up throwing them away.

Require further study on long - term sodium reduction requirements set forth by the USDA guidelines.

Specifically, the SNA is asking to: keep the level of whole grains in the total number of grain foods served at 25 %; avoid further reductions in sodium; eliminate the requirement that kids take fruit or a vegetable with their meal (returning to the old system in which kids could — and often did — pass up those healthful foods); and allow schools to sell on a daily basis a la carte items like pizza and fries, as opposed to the current plan which would allow these items to be sold only on the same day they appeared on the main lunch line.

«But if you're eating a moderate level of sodium — about what most North Americans eat — and you reduce it to a lower level, you're not really getting much in return as far as blood pressure reduction is concerned.»