Administration Proposes Easing Nutrition Guidelines For School Lunches

The USDA proposed changes to school meal guidelines, allowing schools to adjust vegetable serving sizes and reduce fruit servings for breakfast. The changes aim to decrease food waste and offer more flexibility in meal options. However, the American Heart Association opposes these rollbacks, arguing they could harm children's long-term health and reverse progress made by the 2010 Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, which set strict nutrition standards for school meals.

What is one of the main goals of the USDA's proposed changes to school meal guidelines?

• To increase the amount of fruit served at breakfast

• To decrease the amount of food waste

• To eliminate vegetables from school meals

• To increase the sodium content in meals

What flexibility does the USDA proposal offer to schools regarding entrees?

• Schools can eliminate entrees altogether

• Schools can serve any food they choose

• Schools can serve entrees Ala carte that do not meet current standards

• Schools must serve only vegetarian entrees

What is the American Heart Association's stance on the USDA's proposed changes?

• They strongly oppose the changes

• They are neutral and have no opinion

• They believe the changes will improve children's health

• They support the changes for better nutrition

What act is being rolled back by the USDA's proposed changes?

• The National School Lunch Program

• The School Lunch Improvement Act

• The Child Nutrition Act

• The 2010 Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act

On what significant day did the USDA announce the new school lunch changes?

• National Nutrition Day

• National School Lunch Week

• Michelle Obama's birthday

• World Health Day