 ccrp poll federal school lunch regulations  you can now comment on stories and polls let us know how you feel about the issues new poll overview the federal government is informing us schools they must lower the fat salt and sugar to provide students with more nutritious eating options and to fight childhood obesity congress passed legislation in 2010 designed to improve child nutrition schools will have until july 1 2014 to implement the new rules the new regulations will impact around 50 million children in more than 100000 schools that are part of the federal school lunch program the standards only apply to foods and beverages sold on school campuses during the day and limit vending machine snacks to a maximum of 200 calories per item and twelveounce drinks cannot exceed 60 calories portion sizes for meals will vary by the age groups of the children being served food sold at afterschool activities such as sporting events will not be subject to the regulations the federal government hopes to make a dent in childhood obesity in a nation where onethird of those under age 18 are considered overweight or obese one of the governments concerns is that obesity will limit young adults from being eligible from joining the military so improving food options in schools will also strengthen the nation s armed forces all foods sold must meet competitive nutrient standards meaning they must have fruits vegetables dairy or protein in them or contain at least 10 percent of the daily value of calcium potassium vitamin d or dietary fiber school officials have expressed concern that the complex regulations could burden schools already working to offer healthier menus many schools are still working to push though earlier regulations overhauling school meals like breakfast and lunch the guidelines set a minimum standard for snacks meaning schools can implement stricter rules new poll question should the federal government be determining what to serve serving size and the content of meals in michigan schools yes no undecided to vote in this poll click on this link should the federal government be determining what to serve serving size and the content of meals in michigan schools   to enter your comments click on add new comment after you vote previous poll question should the michigan senate return and hold a vote on the passage of medicaid expansion the governor is demanding yes 20 no 80 undecided 0 total votes 55 two comment were made on this poll question comment 1 senator emmons fundraiser at f c mason it was good to talk with sen emmons again last night at her fundraiser at f c mason company hq in st johns she is a solid no vote on medicaid expansion she appreciated me talking with her about this and other issues and i urged her to be steadfast in her opposision she reminded me that she talked in opposition to medicaid back last winter when she attended and spoke at a ccrp county convention there were some republicans at the fundraiser who are part of the health care industry who lobbied her to vote yes its too bad that only 3 members of ccrp executive committee came out to support her at this fundraiser rep tom leonard was also in attendance she is our sitting state senator and will continue to be through 2014 representing clinton county she looks forward to attending the ccrp summer bbq next month regards bob craig comment 2 medicaid expansion the fed govt cannot be trusted the amt said to be given by the fed govt will never be given they do not have it we are 176 trillion in debt no part of obama care is good or good for michigan just don t vote on any of it we don t want to spend any of our money on this idiot plan for a senator to say no tax money will be spent is deplorable it is fed money that proves that person is a dolt all govt money is taken from we the people thru our taxes no govt has any moneythat it does not take from the taxpayers ida s   all emails addresses  