A colorful array of new, healthy choices for the students of Bay City Central High School.

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Portion Puzzle

Mixed reviews from students in regard to new portion sizes

December 5, 2012       Leave a Comment
By: Taylor Lutz

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Students throughout the Bay City Public School District are beginning to see big changes within their cafeteria. Colorful new menus have sprung up throughout the district, as a result of schools complying with new government food regulations through the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act. Also resulting from this act was the reevaluation of portion sizes. This change did not go unnoticed by students. Central High School Junior, and regular in the cafeteria Reese Haller said that "I eat school lunch five days a week, because it is available for me in the vicinity of my peers." However, Haller does note that "portion sizes are significantly smaller, and some options have been eliminated completely, including my favorite, the Chinese food."

According to Bay City Public Schools Food Service Director Lorie Grant, "new recipes are being developed," and students should see the introduction of these new options gradually throughout the school year. Grant also defended the new portions sizes,stating, "If the students would take all of the fruits and vegetables we provide, they would be full."

The Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act is bringing about changes to not only portion sizes, but other aspects of food service as well. According to the United States Department of Agriculture,"the HHFKA establishes requirements for promoting the School Breakfast Program to students," and claims that "the USDA is working with schools on innovative delivery strategies such as breakfast on the bus, grab 'n' go breakfast and breakfast in the classroom." Additionally, the USDA is making decisions that will not only affect students in their immediate future, but their lives after they leave the classroom as well, "The acts expands the scope of wellness policies and increases transparency and local participation."

According to the USDA, these six major components are essential to making the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act a success:

1. Update nutrition standards based on the expert recommendations from the Institute of Medicine.
2. Science-based standards for all other food sold in schools.
3. Increased funding for schools.
4. Common-sense standards for revenue provided to school food authorities from non-Federal sources.
5. Training and Technical assistance to help schools achieve and monitor compliance.
6. Healthy offerings through the USDA food program.

You can view the lunch menu for your school here.

To read more information about the USDA and it's regulation of food service, click the link here

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Taylor Lutz
Taylor Lutz is a student at Bay City Central. She is working toward a career in broadcast journalism and has an interest in the theater, the outdoors and Marine Biology. More from Taylor Lutz

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