WASHINGTON (Gray DC) – New dietary guidelines were released by the Trump Administration on Wednesday, aimed at “Making America Healthy Again.”
Following through on the Administration’s pledge to “Make America Healthy Again”, the Trump Administration announced new dietary guidelines that could impact what millions of students eat for lunch.
The federal nutrition recommendations unveiled Wednesday urge Americans to eat more protein, more whole grains, less sugar and to effectively quit eating “highly processed” foods.
At a White House press briefing, Gray Media’s White House Correspondent Jon Decker asked Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins about how the dietary guidelines could impact lunches served at public schools.
Jon Decker, White House Correspondent:
“Secretary Rollins, I’m curious about with these guidelines. They’re not mandates, they’re guidelines. What are the practical effects of these guidelines on public schools all across the country?”
Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture:
“Today begins the first day now in a recalibration of the rules, whether it’s school lunches, whether it’s the Snap program, whether it’s, as veterans were mentioned, are prison system that now we begin the process of implementing and redrafting the rules to reflect what this new dietary guidelines for Americans, actually is doing to our food system. So there is a lot of work to do. Nothing changes overnight.”
In fact, the new guidelines will be phased into school lunches over the next two years.
Separately, White House correspondent Jon Decker also asked Secretary Rollins about the actual cost of eating healthy.
Jon Decker, White House Correspondent”
“Secretary Rollins, about cost, when you were at your remarks a little bit earlier, is eating healthier, more cost-effective? Is it cheaper than, you know, just having a diet of processed foods?”
Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture:
“Yes, indeed. That eating healthy for the most part, we’ve got a hundred simulations is actually less expensive. The challenge comes is the access to those healthy foods, especially in parts of America where they have food deserts.”
The guidelines – which also will impact what service members eat on military bases — arrive amid soaring rates of obesity and chronic disease.
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