Returning to school for a new academic year, students around the country were met by a federally mandated cafeteria policy that gave them more whole-grain bread products and required them to take ...

Beef jerky, Rice Krispie treats and four varieties of Mazzio’s pizza are a few of the à la carte choices in the lunchroom at Jenks High School outside Tulsa, Okla., where football is king and the ...

During the next few years the U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to limit the amount of added sugars that are in school meals. The change is part of the agency’s continued effort to make school ...

The first major nutritional overhaul of school meals in more than 15 years means most offerings, including popular pizza, will come with less sodium and more whole grains, with a wider selection of ...

ROTTERDAM, N.Y. (AP) — One student complains because his cafeteria no longer serves chicken nuggets. Another gripes that her school lunch just isn't filling. A third student says he's happy to eat an ...

Returning to school for a new academic year, students around the country and right here in Goffstown were met by a federally mandated cafeteria policy that gave them more whole-grain bread products ...

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 22:19:10 GMT — As school districts try to trim the fat from the budget, the government wants them to do the same with fat and salt from school lunches. But better nutrition and lower ...

Includes updates and/or revisions. When the U.S. Department of Agriculture decides by the end of the year what school meals should look like, the agency will not be able to make all the changes it ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Fruit smoothies made with low-fat yogurt could be sold in the school cafeteria to sixth-graders but not to fifth-graders, under a proposal from the Illinois State Board of ...

Eating healthy food isn't always cheap, and some conservatives in Congress are concerned that the Obama administration's effort to make school lunches more nutritious is a luxury the nation can't ...