[blparent] Lunch lines

[Veronica Smith]

By  MARY CLARE JALONICK. Associated Press. WASHINGTON     (AP) -- School
children would have to hold the fries - and pick up more whole grains,
fruits and vegetables - on the lunch line under proposed new federal
standards for school lunches. The new standards from the Agriculture
Department would be the first major nutritional overhaul of school meals in
15 years. They are expected to be announced Thursday. The guidelines would
require schools to cut sodium in those meals by more than half, use only
whole grains and serve low fat milk. It also would limit kids to only one
cup of starchy vegetables a week, so schools couldn't offer french fries
every day. President Barack Obama recently signed into law a child nutrition
bill that will help schools pay for the healthier foods, which are often
more expensive.