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On behalf of retired generals and admirals in Maine and across the country, I want to express appreciation to U. S. Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, Second District Congressman Mike Michaud and First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree for supporting the recently passed bipartisan national child nutrition legislation.
It had been more than 16 years since Congress had updated school nutrition standards, and during that time, we have sadly seen our nation, especially our youth, become more overweight and less physically fit. The 2010 Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act takes positive steps to change this, providing a mechanism to update our public schools' breakfast and lunch nutrition standards based upon recommendations by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences. It also establishes similar science-based nutrition standards for school foods sold a la carte and in vending machines.See the full content of this document
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Nutrition Appreciation
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