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In FY 2011, federal spending totaled $10.1 billion for the National School Lunch Program. [3] The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act allows USDA, for the first time in 30 years, opportunity to make real reforms to the school lunch and breakfast programs by improving the critical nutrition and hunger safety net for millions of children. [4]
The backlash to right-wingers came after newly appointed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. discussed school lunches in an interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham.
Michelle Obama lends her support to an ambitious school-lunch bill that provides an additional $4.5 billion in spending, but imposes new standards on all food sold in public schools. The legislation also includes the Community Eligibility Program (CEP), which helps low-income schools feed all their students for free.
The support for RFK Jr’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ movement comes after Trump’s first administration when he tried to roll back some of the school nutritional standards set in the Obama era
The school lunch adjustments garnered a fair amount of negative feedback during the Obama years, with the sarcastic #ThanksMichelleObama hashtag often accompanying photos of unappetizing lunches ...
As early as the late 19th century, cities such as Boston and Philadelphia operated independent school lunch programs, with the assistance of volunteers or charities. [11] Until the 1930s, most school lunch programs were volunteer efforts led by teachers and mothers' clubs. [12] These programs drew on the expertise of professional home economics ...
The Trump Administration has eased certain policies to make American school lunches healthier. Some health advocates perceive the move as a significant change on lunch policies of former President Barack Obama. [17] There are fewer whole grains, more sugary chocolate milk, and an additional 300 milligrams of salt.
See how school lunches have changed since the 1900s. ... Michelle Obama sitting at a school lunch table. The 2010s. The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 passed in Congress, ...