Hunger games links: Read MLive's series exploring hot lunch in
schools School hot lunches are a topic of controversy in America
this fall, and MLive.com went into cafeterias in the Great Lakes
Bay Region to see what the lunches are like. The national
conversation about hot lunch stems from the U.S. Department of
Agriculture's new nutrition requirements for schools. The
guidelines are aimed at making school lunches more healthy to
help fight childhood obesity. The USDA rules require schools to
increase the availability of fruits, vegetables, whole grains
and fat-free and low-fat milk in school meals; to reduce sodium,
saturated fat and trans fat in meals; and to meet age-specific
calorie requirements. But students say the portions are too
small. Many see their peers tossing out fresh, uneaten fruits
and vegetables. MLive.com starting on Tuesday, Oct. 30 published
a series about the state of school lunches in Bay and Saginaw
counties to see what schools are serving and what students are
saying about their hot l