Poll: 80% Favor Better Nutrition In Schools

Nirvi Shah writes at the Education Week (4/20, 37K) "Politics K-12" blog that according to a new poll from the Pew Charitable Trusts' Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project, "Americans overwhelmingly want better nutrition standards for the food and drinks sold in schools." The poll found that "80 percent of American voters are in favor of national standards that would limit calories, fat, and sodium in snack and à la carte foods sold in schools and encourage the consumption of fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy items." Shah notes that respondents may have been influenced y "fights last fall over rules about what's in students' school meals sold through the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program."