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The Politics Behind Your Child's School Lunch

Lobbyists fill the room at a school lunch program hearing. Why? Simple: Billions of dollars are at stake for them, as is the health of our children.
Also see 5 Days of Healthy School Lunches.


Thanks to CSPI's Margo Wootan for sending the link to this nifty video about school lunch lobbying (she is featured in it, eloquently).

The video, made by the American News Project, takes place at a hearing on school lunch nutrition regulations run by the Institute of Medicine (IOM). The IOM is working on developing science-based criteria for the nutritional quality of school meals.

Take a look at who is in the audience. Question: What are they doing there? Answer: The USDA buys enormous quantities of food commodities to supply schools enrolled in federal school meal programs. The video gets a 5-star YouTube rating, and for good reason:

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Marion Nestle

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Noted author Marion Nestle is a Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University. She is the author of What to Eat.
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