Making Kids Healthier, One School Meal at a Time

Do you believe all children should have access to quality, nutritious school meals? We do too. That's why we work with schools, regulators, Congress and other policy makers to improve America's school meals. 

Since 2012, nearly 100 percent of the nation's participating schools have complied with updated school meal standards that offer more whole grains, vegetables and fruit. One school meal at a time, we're helping kids build life-long healthy eating habits and reducing childhood obesity. If the school nutrition standards are left in place, they have the potential to decrease childhood obesity cases by more than two million by 2025. 

Fact Sheet: Nutrition Standards and School Meals 

Fact Sheet: Child Nutrition Reauthorization

Policy Statement on School Nutrition 

Videos: What's for Lunch? 

What exactly is 'healthy eating?' In collaboration with Funny or Die, Nick Offerman has an answer for the ongoing Congressional debate on healthy school meals.
Charles Rice Learning Center in Dallas, Texas is just one school that has successfully implemented the nutrition standards under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown visited with students and school staff to learn about the impact of these new healthier standards.

Fact Sheet: Reducing Sodium Consumption in Children 

Fact Sheet: Lowering Sodium in School Foods

Salty Six For Kids 

Fact Sheet: Sodium Myths and Facts for Kids