Obama administration may propose nutritional standards for school vending machines

Feb. 21, 2012
Plan would call for more healthful choices for food available at school outside the cafeteria

From The New York Times: The Obama administration is working on setting nutritional standards for foods that children can buy at school outside the cafeteria. With students eating 19 percent to 50 percent of their daily food at school, the administration says it wants to ensure that what they eat contributes to good health.

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