Trump Administration Creates New School Lunch Rules, More Pizza, Meat, and Potatoes Versus Vegetables

The Trump administration has made changes to the school lunches in America after the changes made by Michelle Obama.

The new rules will allow more pizza, meat, and potatoes versus vegetables, fruits and whole grains.

According to Brandon Lipps, USDA deputy undersecretary, schools would cut the amount of vegetables and fruits required at school lunches and breakfasts while giving them more freedom to sell pizza, hamburgers, and french fries.

Many schools have been fighting to go against the food standards put in place during the Obama administration that required more wholegrain foods, fruits, and vegetables in school lunches:

According to Colin Schwartz, the deputy director of legislative affairs for Center for Science in the Public Interest told the Washington Post if the changes are finalized, “would create a huge loophole in school nutrition guidelines, paving the way for children to choose pizza, burgers, french fries and other foods high in calories, saturated fat or sodium in place of balanced school meals every day.”