By Elisabeth Herrington, Mar. 6, 2014, The Washington Times
New school lunch standards implemented as a result of First
Lady Michelle Obama’s anti-obesity campaign have led to more than 1 million
children leaving the lunch line, according to a new report.
The Government
Accountability Office (GAO)
released a wide-ranging audit
of the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act nutrition standards last week, finding 48
out of 50 states faced challenges complying with Mrs. Obama’s Healthy
Hunger-Free Kids Act.
The new standards led to kids throwing out their fruits and
vegetables, student boycotts, higher lunch costs, and odd food pairings such as
“cheese stick with shrimp” in order for schools to comply with the complicated
rules.
The National School Lunch Program saw a sharp decline in
participation once the healthy standards went into effect during the 2012-2013
school year. A total of 1,086,000 students stopped buying school lunch, after
participation had increased steadily for nearly a decade.
The report found that 321 districts left the National School
Lunch Program altogether, many of which cited the new standards as a factor.
The decline was “influenced by changes made to comply with
the new lunch content and nutrition standards,” state and local officials said.
Though the USDA has claimed the standards were “proving
popular,” the GAO
report cited numerous cases where kids are unhappy with their new menus.
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