A group known as The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine have published a 2007 school lunch report card, grading 22 elementary schools from the 100 largest educational districts in the United States.Final scores were tallied by evaluating offerings via the following categories -- obesity & chronic disease prevention, health prmotion, and nutrition initiatives.
You can see the results here.
You may remember that back in mid August I reviewed several schools' lunch menus on this blog -- and was absolutely horrified.
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Just a thought, but schools are probably strapped for funding and it seems like healthy food is more costly than junk food. Here are a few articles that talk about the higher cost of healthy food:
New York Times Article
Government Subsidy Article
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