The number of overweight and obese children and adolescents has reached epidemic proportions, and recent federal surveys show that most school meals do not meet federal nutrition guidelines. Accordingly, there is growing interest in the nutritional quality of foods available in U.S. schools--and in the role of the government in helping to make…

Outlines the income poverty guidelines that schools will be required to use starting Janurary 1, and spells out the present administration's view of child feeding goals and accomplishments during the past year. (Author)