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New York City Might've Gotten A Bit Too Slash-Happy When Cutting Calories From School Lunches

New York City Might've Gotten A Bit Too Slash-Happy When Cutting Calories From School Lunches

In its haste to combat a rising childhood obesity epidemic, New York City went gangbusters on its school lunch menus, slashing calories left and right by replacing items like french fries with baked potato strips and offering nonfat chocolate milk, among other things. But it turns out they went a little too far to the other side, resulting in lunches that don’t have enough calories to meet federal nutrition requirements. Whoops. [More]