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CDC
praises US schools for improved student nutrition
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A CDC report gave the nation's schools good grades for improving nutrition in student meals but suggested that having more self-service
salad bars would help them "meet the requirements for amount and variety of vegetables offered." The 2014 scorecard, published in the agency's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, found 97% of schools offered whole-grain foods daily at breakfast, 79% served
at least two nonfried vegetables at lunch and
78% provided at least two types of fruit.
Los Angeles Times (tiered subscription model) (8/27)
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Children
eat fewer fruits, vegetables since passage of USDA guidelines
The USDA's 2012 school lunch guidelines helped increase the number of students with a fruit or vegetable on their lunch tray from 84% to over 97%, but there was
an 11.8% decrease in the amount of fruits and vegetables being eaten by students and a 56% increase in food waste, researchers reported in Public Health Reports.
United Press International (8/26)
Arlene Spark, EdD, RD, FADA, FACN
Professor of Nutrition
CUNY School of Public Health
Hunter College & The CUNY Graduate Center
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