Farm Bill language that would allow political interests to influence updates to the Dietary Guidelines threatens public health, say Mary Story and Eric Rimm.
Eating fresh, seasonal produce is easy with our guide to choosing, preparing, and storing the best in-season fruit and vegetables available in October.
The undersigned organizations strongly urge you to oppose S.1957, the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023, which is also included within the House Farm Bill and Senate Republican
Farm Bill framework. As either a standalone bill or as part of the 2024 Farm Bill, this legislation would allow school meals to offer full-fat (whole) and reduced-fat flavored and unflavored milk, and arbitrarily exempt full-fat and reduced-fat milk from current saturated fat limits in school meals, both of which are inconsistent with the recommendations of the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
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As work on the Fiscal Year 2025 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies spending bill continues, the undersigned organizations respectfully urge the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations to oppose any policy riders or report language blocking implementation of stronger nutrition standards for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
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Packing lunch for school? Our 14 best tips will ensure your child has a healthy, safe, allergen-free meal full of vitamins, fiber, calcium, and protein.
Eating fresh, seasonal produce is easy with our guide to choosing, preparing, and storing the best in-season fruit and vegetables available in September.
The cereal aisle is full of brightly colored boxes and flashy marketing…and many kids are full of opinions. Here are 7 tips to help you wade through your supermarket’s sea of cereal boxes together and choose a winner that’s rich in whole grains, not too sugary, free of food dyes, and kid friendly. We've included a list of more than two dozen healthy cereals for kids that fit the bill.
CSPI greatly appreciates the USDA’s continued efforts to increase access to healthy foods even when school is not in session. CSPI stands for ensuring year-round access to nutritious food for children through participation in the Summer EBT program. CSPI commends the USDA for the overall launch of this important program, for adjusting benefits issuance based on location of participants, and maintaining the value of benefits through future inflation adjustments. To reduce barriers to participation at both the state- and participant-level, we propose the following recommendations to be considered by the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service. Our recommendations are specific to Section 2 Subparts B and E of the IFR.
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