OBAMA FAMILY/TRUMP PEOPLE/SUNNY PERDUE: “The Trump administration took aim Monday [5-1-17]at two signature programs of the former first lady Michelle Obama, rolling back her efforts to promote healthy school lunches nationwide and potentially rebranding her program to educate adolescent girls abroad.
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced that school meals would no longer have to meet some requirements connected with Mrs. Obama’s initiative to combat childhood obesity by overhauling the nation’s school menus.
The nutrition regulations were part of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 and were advocated by Mrs. Obama’s ‘Let’s Move’ campaign. For the last five years, schools have been required to reduce the amount of calories, fat and sodium in their cafeterias and increase offerings of whole grains, fruits and vegetables, and nonfat milk to the roughly 32 million students who receive federally subsidized meals.”
-Erica L. Green and Julie Hirschfeld Davis, “Trump Takes Aim at School Lunch Guidelines and a Girls’ Education Program,” May 1, 2017