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Posted: 2:21 PM Feb 8, 2010
Ag Secretary Pushes School Nutrition Plan
The Obama administration will ask Congress to improve childhood nutrition by ridding school vending machines of sugary snacks and drinks and giving school lunch and breakfast to more kids.
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The Obama administration will ask Congress to improve childhood nutrition by ridding school vending machines of sugary snacks and drinks and giving school lunch and breakfast to more kids.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the administration will seek changes when Congress overhauls the Childhood Nutrition Act.
Among them will be an effort to jettison the cookies, cakes, pastries and salty food in school vending machines. Vilsack says schools need to help kids eat more whole grains, fruits and vegetables.
Vilsack was outlining administration goals in excerpts of a speech obtained by The Associated Press. He was supposed to give the speech Monday, but his appearance was canceled because of snow.
Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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I will be packing lunches for my family and they will have a candy bar and whatever I want them to have included in their packed lunch. They will not contain GE soy or corn which the gov thinks is good food.
the gov now telling citizens what to eat? oh wait not telling but taking the option away. it is a good thing to educate people and promote health and healthy foods and give the option for people to choose, but to enforce that equates to...................?
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