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(M)
COVERING SCHOOLS NOW
...
RESULTING IN SMALLER
SERVINGS IN SCHOOL
COUNTRY --
SOME FAMILIES ARE
COMPLAINING THAT THE
LEAVING STUDENTS
HUNGRY.
UNDER THE NEW
IN KINDERGARTEN
THROUGH 5TH GRADE ARE
SERVED NO MORE THAN
650 CALORIES...
STUDENTS ARE ALLOWED
SEVEN HUNDRED
CALORIES PER MEAL ...
AND HIGH SCHOOL
LUNCHES ARE ALOTTED
NO MORE THAN 850
TODAY WE SPOKE TO THE
RHODE ISLAND
EDUCATION'S SCHOOL
NUTRITION SPECIALIST
CHANGES.
grains
grains. And the other items
limiting to some extent are the
diet. But
not arbitrary, it's
evidence-based
to
go."
(M)
WHILE THE NEW
GUIDELINES ARE CAUSING
COUNTRY -- THEY'RE NOT
HAVING A BIG IMPACT HERE
IN RHODE ISLAND.
"We started working on it back
2009. USDA has now caught up
doing for a number of years with
in the
that
we're already 95% the way
there."
(M)
SCHOOLS ARE REQUIRED
ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR
REIMBURSEMENTS.
(TP)