Date Written: May 30, 2014
First lady Michelle Obama's drive to stop a Republican-led effort to slow adoption of nutrition standards for school meals, a centerpiece of her anti-obesity "Let's Move" campaign, was dealt a setback in Congress.
Democrats aligned with Mrs. Obama on the issue failed on Thursday to strip the proposal from a $142.5 billion Agriculture Department spending bill, which was approved by the Appropriations Committee and sent to the full House for consideration.
The controversial plan offered by Rep. Robert Aderholt of Alabama would give schools struggling financially an extra year to comply with rules approved by Congress in 2010 to limit fat and salt and promote fruits, vegetables and whole grains.
"I want to be clear that everybody supports healthy lunches and meals for children, but the bottom line is the schools are finding the regulations to be too much too quick," Aderholt said during consideration of the measure by the appropriations panel. "School districts need more time to implement the changes."
I totally support Michelle in her lunch plan and I hope everything goes well. I certainly agree that school lunch should be more healthy. Lunches at school are often filled with lots of salt or MSG, which increases the risks and factors of obesity. If anything, especially when some as well as most children cannot afford to bring lunch from home, school lunch should be readily available and healthy. Therefore, much time is needed to bring about these changes.
Arlesia McGowan
Period 4
http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2014/05/30/first-ladys-school-lunch-plan-hits-a-snag/
Mrs. Obama's campaign for healthier meals for school children is an important one and hopefully can change meals at schools for the better and also raise awareness overall that as a society we need and can be more involved in our health,
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