Where does Trump’s administration even get the time to be going around doing what seems like petty untying of various advancements made by previous governments. In this case something that I think the vast majority of us can see as beneficial and important for children has been done for seemingly no explanation…. Of course that leads us to believe there is an underlying corporate interest that seeks to earn profit over safe-guarding the health of our children.

Occupy Democrats wrote:

In another display of how grossly misplaced Republican priorities are, the Trump administration is moving to repeal the school lunch nutrition guidelines that former First Lady Michelle Obama established in her crusade against childhood obesity. The guidelines were among the First Lady’s most important policy victories.

The USDA and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) will be announcing a new rule on Monday to give schools more “flexibility” in meeting federal nutrition standards, loosening the restrictions passed during the last administration and allowing the government to trim funds from the program.

The American Heart Association quickly condemned the move. CEO Nancy Brown argued that the new standards are already showing results and have been applied in 99% of American schools:

Michelle Obama and Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, which was the first significant change to the school lunch program in over thirty years. The act mandated nutrition standards aimed at providing children with healthier lunches and to help curb the epidemic of childhood obesity which affects one in five American kids.

Absolutely terrible! Really, this gov are hell-bent on destroying the lives of America’s worst off it seems.

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