Institutional Foodservice CDC praises US schools for improved student nutrition<http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/gWyjDCvAAAnrlxrAfDlkdkfCgrcu?format=standard> [School lunch] (Tim Boyle/Getty Images) 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)<http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/gWyjDCvAAAnrlxrAfDlkdkfCgrcu?format=standard> (8/27) Share: [LinkedIn] <http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/gWyjDCvAAAnrlydIfDlkdkfCSuYm> [Twitter] <http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/gWyjDCvAAAnrlydUfDlkdkfCXoGN> [Facebook] <http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/gWyjDCvAAAnrlyegfDlkdkfCdCMC> [Google+] <http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/gWyjDCvAAAnrlyesfDlkdkfCllsF> [Email] <http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/gWyjDCvAAAnrlyeEfDlkdkfCuoHq> Children eat fewer fruits, vegetables since passage of USDA guidelines<http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/gWyjDCvAAAnrlxrMfDlkdkfClkKV?format=standard> 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<http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/gWyjDCvAAAnrlxrMfDlkdkfClkKV?format=standard> (8/26) Arlene Spark, EdD, RD, FADA, FACN Professor of Nutrition CUNY School of Public Health Hunter College & The CUNY Graduate Center [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subscribe to jobs: send your email address to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subscribe to (or unsubscribe from) our listserv, NFS-L: Click here: LISTSERV 16.0 - Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the NFS-L List<https://hunter.listserv.cuny.edu/Scripts/wa-hc.exe?SUBED1=NFS-L&A=1>