Maybe they won't eat a healthy lunch box meal every day of the week, but
replacing cafeteria food with a healthy meal from home can do wonders for their health, how well they concentrate in afternoon classes, and the amount of energy they have left when they return home.
Not exact matches
The Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act will expand the number of children in school lunch programs by 115,000, increase the reimbursement rate to school districts for meals by six cents and
replace the junk
food available outside the
cafeteria, such as in vending machines, with more healthful options.
Let's take
cafeteria - style mashed potatoes (ingredients: potato, maltodextrin, shortening powder, hydrogenated soybean oil, lactose, sodium caseinate diposassium, phosphate, hydrogenated vegetable and / or cottonseed oil, mono and diglycerides, artificial color yellow # 6, sodium bisulfite, milk) and
replace them with wholesome
food.
Replacing schools»
food / beverage options with healthy alternatives in the
cafeteria and vending machines should be top priority right now.
Specifically, the project is working to ensure that the USDA adopts science - based nutrition standards for snack
foods and beverages served and sold in schools; that it develops and implements rigorous school
food safety policies; and that schools have the resources they need to train
cafeteria employees and
replace outdated and broken kitchen equipment.
If your child's school district isn't one of the more than 2,000 that are starting to
replace processed
cafeteria foods with fresher options, there are still ways you can make a difference.