“School meal programs are at a breaking point,” she said. “These programs are simply not equipped to meet additional rules.” Vilsack emphasized that the plan phases changes in over the ...

The nation's school meals will get a makeover under new nutrition standards that limit added sugars for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday.

That said, what looks like a positive change is actually quite complicated. There are a lot of rules already in place around school meals—and those rules, even when made with the best of intentions, ...

The authors added, “Because the National School Lunch Program reaches more than ... In response, the government made some adjustments to the rules. The new findings challenge arguments that ...

It was a major achievement, the first update to school lunch rules in decades designed to make school meals more nutritious. The School Nutrition Association, an industry-backed group that ...