Title: Unhealthy School Lunches Not Making the Grade
Headings: Unhealthy School Lunches Not Making the Grade
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Unhealthy School Lunches Not Making the Grade
Processed foods that are high in fat, sugar, and salt have become a mainstay of lunches in schools across America and the results are in — experts say these unhealthy school lunches are a contributing factor to the childhood obesity epidemic. A movement is afoot to bring change to school lunch programs across the country.

Content: they have purchasing powers,” he says. “ There’s no reason in the world that money [$2.68] should offer a profit. But they know how to manage the subsidies.” Schreiber adds that the blame doesn’t lie with those companies since they lack incentives to make any changes to unhealthy school lunches. Change should come from the government with a federal nutrition program, he says. According to the Food Research and Action Center, 31.2 million children participated in the National School Lunch Program through more than 101,000 schools and residential child care institutions during the 2008-09 school year. “ On a typical school day,” the center notes, “19.4 million of these 31.2 million total participants were receiving free or reduced price lunches.” The government isn’t entirely ignoring the issue of unhealthy school lunches. The Healthy School Meals Act of 2010 (H.R. 4870) was introduced in Congress in March and referred to committee. A key provision is a pilot program for selected schools to offer plant-based protein products and nondairy milk substitutes.