School lunches are ever changing – changing to meet government standards and to help our children achieve better health through nutritious foods. Through the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act championed by First Lady Michelle Obama, the USDA made some major changes in school meals. Ensuring students are offered fruits and vegetables every day, increasing the use of whole gain-rich foods, offering only fat-free or low-fat milk, limiting calories and reducing the amounts of saturated fat, trans fats and sodium are just a few of the improvements.
Healthy meals for all