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SCHOOL MEALS ARE GETTING AN UPGRADE!
U SDA recently announced a gradual update for school meal nutrition standards to include less sugar and more flexibility with menu planning between Fall 2025 and Fall 2027. The department ar- rived at these changes after listening closely to public feedback and considering the latest science-based recommendations from the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. These changes are a major step in the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to sup- port healthy kids, and specifically, its pledge to end hunger and reduce diet-related disease by 2030. Cindy Long, administrator of USDA’s Food and Nutri- tion Service sat down with NxtGen Network’s Marlon Gordon to provide an overview of how the updated standards support nutritious and delicious school meals :
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Kids learn how to eat. It’s not programmed in. What they’re exposed to at a young age makes a real difference.” – FNS Administrator Cindy Long
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyvAe_qJaNE
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