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- Anderson Schools' Lunch Profit Is Down Nearly 10 Percent; Officials Blame New Federal Nutrition Standards; Students Object To Food
Anderson County school officials say new federal nutrition standards are costing them money and hurting poor students because the students don't like how the food tastes are opting out of school meals, Editor Ben Carlson reports for The Anderson...
- Henderson County Schools Post Videos To Explain Changes In Meals, Snacks And School Fund-raisers Involving Food
Student Nibre Fortune chose food items at Henderson'sJefferson Elementary School last April. (Gleaner photoby Mike Lawrence) To help parents and students understand the federally mandated changes in school lunches, the Henderson County Schools have...
- Proposed Waiver From School Nutrition Guidelines Sparks Debate
The controversial school lunch waiver debate that began in Washington has migrated to Kentucky. While supporters claim that the proposal assists rural schools, some opponents say it defeats the purpose of years of work to fight one of the U.S.'s highest...
- Schools And Students Are Still Getting Used To Lunches That Are Healthier But Not As Suited To Their Tastes
School lunches look and taste different than they did before new federal nutrition standards kicked in, and that has caused more food to end up in garbage cans and more students to bring a lunch from home, according to an article from the October issue...
- Usda Issues New School Lunch Rules; Not As Broad As First Written, But Will Make Meals Healthier
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released new, finalized requirements that will make school lunch a healthier meal for students. The guidelines will mean:? Students will be given both fruit and vegetables every school day.? More foods will be made...
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Kentucky school nutritionists meet amid some opposition to federal school-lunch guidelines aimed at curbing child obesity
Kentucky schools are working to adjust to the federal nutrition requirements for school lunches, but are facing some opposition from students, parents and some school nutritionists. The U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines, aimed at curbing childhood obesity, require schools to include a fruit and vegetable with every meal, to switch to 100 percent whole grains by next year, to impose age-based restrictions on calorie and sodium intake, and to serve 1-percent-fat milk. Now the School Nutrition Association, which recently started getting half its money from major food companies, and other groups are supporting legislation to offer a one-year waiver to schools losing money on meal programs.
School nutritionists from all over Kentucky, which ranks high in child obesity, are encouraging students to eat healthier food throughout the school day. "About 700 school cooks, managers and administrators are meeting for a statewide conference this week in Lexington," reports Stu Johnson of WEKU-FM and Kentucky Public Radio. from a meeting of the Kentucky School Nutrition Association.
KSNA President Sabrina Jewell told Johnson that many students in the upper grades are not eating the newfangled meals, and some are even leaving campus to eat elsewhere. Federal funding is based on participation, "so, if they don't eat, then we don't have the money to run our programs. General school taxes and all, they don't pay for school nutrition. We're paid off of the meals that we serve."
However, Jewell said elementary-school children are adapting better to the new standards than middle and high schoolers. The switch "is just taking a little longer than we anticipated," she said. (Read more)
School nutritionists from all over Kentucky, which ranks high in child obesity, are encouraging students to eat healthier food throughout the school day. "About 700 school cooks, managers and administrators are meeting for a statewide conference this week in Lexington," reports Stu Johnson of WEKU-FM and Kentucky Public Radio. from a meeting of the Kentucky School Nutrition Association.
KSNA President Sabrina Jewell told Johnson that many students in the upper grades are not eating the newfangled meals, and some are even leaving campus to eat elsewhere. Federal funding is based on participation, "so, if they don't eat, then we don't have the money to run our programs. General school taxes and all, they don't pay for school nutrition. We're paid off of the meals that we serve."
However, Jewell said elementary-school children are adapting better to the new standards than middle and high schoolers. The switch "is just taking a little longer than we anticipated," she said. (Read more)
- Anderson Schools' Lunch Profit Is Down Nearly 10 Percent; Officials Blame New Federal Nutrition Standards; Students Object To Food
Anderson County school officials say new federal nutrition standards are costing them money and hurting poor students because the students don't like how the food tastes are opting out of school meals, Editor Ben Carlson reports for The Anderson...
- Henderson County Schools Post Videos To Explain Changes In Meals, Snacks And School Fund-raisers Involving Food
Student Nibre Fortune chose food items at Henderson'sJefferson Elementary School last April. (Gleaner photoby Mike Lawrence) To help parents and students understand the federally mandated changes in school lunches, the Henderson County Schools have...
- Proposed Waiver From School Nutrition Guidelines Sparks Debate
The controversial school lunch waiver debate that began in Washington has migrated to Kentucky. While supporters claim that the proposal assists rural schools, some opponents say it defeats the purpose of years of work to fight one of the U.S.'s highest...
- Schools And Students Are Still Getting Used To Lunches That Are Healthier But Not As Suited To Their Tastes
School lunches look and taste different than they did before new federal nutrition standards kicked in, and that has caused more food to end up in garbage cans and more students to bring a lunch from home, according to an article from the October issue...
- Usda Issues New School Lunch Rules; Not As Broad As First Written, But Will Make Meals Healthier
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released new, finalized requirements that will make school lunch a healthier meal for students. The guidelines will mean:? Students will be given both fruit and vegetables every school day.? More foods will be made...