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What Does a New School Lunch Look Like?

in The Too Busy to Diet Blog on November 5, 2013

A consumer research firm called NPD Research Group has found a difference in the items offered to kids, ages 6-12 years old in 1995 and in 2013. Items placed in school lunches resemble more snack-like items in place of sandwiches. These include: yogurt, vegetables, fruit slices, baked chips, pretzels, bread sticks, and lunch meat slices. Below is a list of changes in the items brought to school by children.
1995 2013
73% sandwiches 58% sandwiches
36% fruits 43% fruit
5% vegetables 12% vegetables