Experts Say Rolling Back School Nutrition Standards Would Threaten Progress Against Childhood Obesity

Efforts to roll back current nutritional standards for the National School Lunch Program could jeopardize gains made in the fight against childhood obesity, say authors of an article that will appear in the November 13 New England Journal of Medicine and has been released online. The Perspectives article by two MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC)-affiliated pediatricians addresses the claims raised by opponents of the current standards and stresses the standards' ...

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