Posted By Bill Couzens, Founder Less Cancer

http://healthland.time.com/2010/09/24/which-school-lunch-bill-is%C2%A0best/

Congress may decide this week between two bills aimed at improving school lunch nutrition. A key target in the battle against child obesity .

One new bill, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which has passed the Senate, would set national dietary guidelines for any food or drink sold in schools. It would increase funding per meal by $.06 so that fresh produce could be included with more frequency. And it would provide nutritional training for people working in school lunch programs. (More on Time.com: New at the School Fete: The Possum Throwing Contest!)

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