Nutrition

News Tidbits: Young Leaders & School Food Myths

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The Washington Post published an interesting piece that describes 5 Myths About School Food. This article discusses how the recent Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR) bill affects National School Lunch Programs. Importantly, it highlights challenges that healthy kids advocates still face. The passage of CNR  is an encouraging step as we work towards equitable access to wholesome food for all youth but there is still tremendous work ahead.

I was also forwarded this inspirational story about young food system leaders in Boston. High school and college students, “the backbone of the Slow Food movement”, serve as active members that bring a “freshness, an energy, an optimism and creative spark” to the organization.

Obama signs Child Nutrition Reauthorization!

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Efforts to improve school food received a boost on Monday as President Obama signed The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 into law. See HERE for a concise summary of this encouraging legislation. Highlights of the bill for me include improved ease of enrollment into the National School Lunch Program for low-income students, implementation of more health-conscious nutritional standards, an increase in the operation of summer food  programs and an emphasis on food insecurity research. For a more detailed description of the new regulations I recommend GovTrack.

I’m so pleased that the President and First Lady have placed a priority on providing wholesome food to our nation’s students. Yay!