![]() Caught between calorie minimums and fat ceilings, more sugar appeared to be the most affordable fix." "Specifically, they recommended a low-fat pudding that would add calories without adding fat. Stuck for a solution, the Education Department officials advised the food service director to boost the calorie content of the school's meals by offering more desserts. While the school food service director would have liked to offer additional fruit or vegetables to bring the meals up to the one-third of daily calories recommended for lunch, there was no money to buy produce and none available as a subsidized government surplus. One small example: The author visited a school system in Mississippi - the state with, as she points out - "the highest obesity rate and the second highest diabetes rate in the nation." While there she learned that reviewers from the state's Department of Education had found school meals lacking in sufficient calories. To read Poppendieck's meticulously recounted story, is to become acquainted with some almost unbelievable facts about what actually goes on in school cafeterias. ![]()
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