From Your Health Journal…..”I wanted to send all my visitors over to the Paxton Record web site to view a great article on school lunches, which is the article being reviewed here today. I have been hearing so much about the new school lunch programs at schools which are geared to help students eat healthier lunches. The main problem has been, the lunches are not filling up the kids bellies enough. They are still hungry – which could have major impact on their cognitive or physical skills throughout the day. The USDA is looking into creating new guidelines for lunches for American Children that are not only nutritious, but filling. One problem is the difference between each child, as some may require more or less food depending on their age, gender, heredity, environment, climate, activity level, diet, or even sleep patterns. But, change is coming to get children to eat healthier, which is the main focus of this article. I highly recommend your visiting the Paxton Record web site for more on this article, as well as other interesting articles.”

From the article…..

Parents concerned about kids not getting enough to eat at school as a result of changes to the National School Lunch Program may have some relief coming.

But as of last Wednesday, at least one parent had yet to notice much change in the lunches served to students at Paxton-Buckley-Loda schools.

Andrew Rogers of Paxton told the school board that night that he has had an “inordinate number of children showing up at my door hungry — directly due to the new regulations.

“My kids and their friends come to my house to get fed,” Rogers said. He said he assumes there are many more children in the school district who are probably also not receiving enough food.

“There has to be something we can do in spite of the regulations,” Rogers said.

School board member Mike Short told Rogers that it appears the U.S. Department of Agriculture is modifying its rules in response to the backlash it received following the full implementation of the new regulations this fall.

“There is a lot of awareness on this issue,” Short stressed to Rogers.

According to published reports, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told members of Congress in a letter earlier this month that the USDA will do away with daily and weekly limits of meats and grains “to allow more time for the development of products that fit within the new standards.”

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