RESOUR> New GAO Report Released on Competitive Foods
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- Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 09:00:00 -0500
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Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 17:51:30 EDT
From: Donna Martinez <Dmartin336@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Fwd: New GAO Report Released on Competitive Foods
To: K12ADMIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
FYI
Awak(e)A_dvocacy
Courtsey of;
Suzanne Peyton
New GAO Report Released on Competitive Foods
At the request of Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), the General Accounting Office (GAO)
released the new report "School Meal Programs: Competitive Foods Are
Available in Many Schools; Actions Taken to Restrict Them Differ by State and
Locality." The report presents information about "competitive foods" that are
sold outside the purview of federal subsidized school meals and are
effectively unregulated by the federal government. The foods, which are often
high in
fat, salt, and sugar, have drawn increasing attention by lawmakers due to the
increasing rate of obesity among young children.
Although the report found that almost half of the states have made some
effort to restrict the sale of competitive foods, Sen. Harkin and other elected
officials continue to argue that federal regulation is necessary to ensure that
the $6 billion spent each year to subsidize school meals should not be
compromised by the sale of less nutritious foods.
When the House debated its Child Nutrition Reauthorization bill, an amendment
which would have required a study of competitive foods was later
rejected after it was expanded to require a study of all foods, including the
school lunch program.
To download a copy of the report, please visit the GAO's website at:
http://www.gao.gov.
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