PBS NewsHour

Political fight simmers over school lunch menu changes

Clip: 05/29/2014 | 9m 26s

The 2010 Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act required schools to use more wholesome ingredients and set fat, sugar and sodium limits. But Republican lawmakers have proposed a one-year waiver, arguing that students won't eat the new offerings or that schools can't afford them. Judy Woodruff gets debate from Mark Bishop of the Healthy Schools Campaign and John Dickl of the School Nutrition Association.

Aired: 05/29/14

Rating: NR

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