It’s no secret—lunchtime is the best time of the day for
every elementary, middle, and high school aged kid. The biggest downfall though, is that school
lunches aren’t always the tastiest, not to mention healthiest either. Now, schools around the country just might be
making it better. With the rates of
child obesity growing steadily, making sure that kids have access to a healthy
lunch is one of the easiest ways to go about decreasing those numbers.
Recently, Democrat lawmakers introduced the Salad Bar in
Schools Expansion Act. The purpose
behind the act was to make school lunches healthier by giving kids access to
fruits and veggies on salad bars using the USDA school lunch program. In addition, it “authorizes training and
technical assistance for schools to boost salad bar use, including Web
seminars, workshops, nutrition education and resources for implementation.” Colin Schwartz, director of government
affairs for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, hopes that
implementing salad bars in schools will encourage kids to skip the pizza and
instead load up on nutrient dense fruits and veggies.
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