WASHINGTON —School cafeterias will be serving more-nutritious meals with twice as many fruits and vegetables, more whole grains and less sodium and fat under new guidelines that will revamp the federally backed school meals program for the first time in 15 years.
The meals will continue to include pizza and French fries because Congress, after heavy lobbying from the food industry, derailed the Obama administration’s original plan to limit tomato paste and starchy vegetables such as potatoes.
First lady Michelle Obama unveiled the new nutrition rules Wednesday at Parklawn Elementary School in Fairfax County., Va.
“When we send our kids to school, we expect that they won’t be eating the kind of fatty, salty, sugary foods that we try to keep them from eating at home,” she said .
Denver Post wire services
