Unhappy Meals. Barry Yeoman.
by Yeoman, Barry; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 42Health. Publisher: Mother Jones, 2003ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Agricultural industries | Agricultural subsidies | Beef industry | Children -- Nutrition | Dairying | Lobbyists | National school lunch program | Nutrition policy | School children -- Food | United States Dept. of Agriculture Food and Nutrition ServiceDDC classification: 050 Summary: "At a time when weight-related illnesses in children are escalating, schools are serving kids the very foods that lead to obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. That's because the National School Lunch Program, which gives schools more than $6 billion each year to offer low-cost meals to students, has conflicting missions. Enacted in 1946, the program is supposed to provide healthy meals to children, regardless of income. At the same time, however, it's designed to subsidize agribusiness, shoring up demand for beef and milk even as the public's taste for these foods declines." (MOTHER JONES) This article discusses the varied reasons why "school lunches routinely fail the government's own nutritional standards."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Unhappy Meals, Jan./Feb. 2003; pp. 40+.
"At a time when weight-related illnesses in children are escalating, schools are serving kids the very foods that lead to obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. That's because the National School Lunch Program, which gives schools more than $6 billion each year to offer low-cost meals to students, has conflicting missions. Enacted in 1946, the program is supposed to provide healthy meals to children, regardless of income. At the same time, however, it's designed to subsidize agribusiness, shoring up demand for beef and milk even as the public's taste for these foods declines." (MOTHER JONES) This article discusses the varied reasons why "school lunches routinely fail the government's own nutritional standards."
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