Not at all, said Lynette Rock, president of the Burbank-based California School Nutrition Association. “The new healthy school lunch meals are still healthy ... schools to serve fat-free or low-fat ...

In a revival of a nutritional debate, lawmakers and health experts are reconsidering the question of whether whole and 2% milk belongs ... less saturated fat on school lunch trays, not more ...

which would revise requirements for milk provided by the National School Lunch Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Current USDA regulations require milk to be fat-free or low-fat ...

As a result, the National School Lunch Program restricted milk options to flavored and unflavored skim and low-fat milk, effectively banning whole milk, with exceptions for children with proper ...

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Egg white breakfast wraps, vegetarian ramen, gumbo, glazed carrots and organic cheeseburgers aren’t just trendy restaurant offerings — they’re on some of the breakfast and lunch menus at California ...

This month, a bipartisan group of legislators put forward the Freedom in School Cafeterias and Lunches, or FISCAL, Act, which would expand the definition of milk under the NSLP to include plant ...