Obama signs child nutrition bill

Too bad, but expected from a person with learning disabilities.

President Barack Obama signed a sweeping overhaul of child nutrition standards Monday, enacting a law meant to encourage better eating habits in part by giving the federal government more authority to set standards for food sold in vending machines and elsewhere on school grounds.

Among other things, the $4.5 billion measure provides more money to poor areas to subsidize free meals and requires schools to abide by health guidelines drafted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. To help offset the higher cost of including more fruits and vegetables, the bill increases the reimbursement rate for school lunches.

The bill is about "giving our kids the healthy futures they deserve," the president said during a bill signing ceremony at a Washington elementary school. "Right now across the country too many kids don't have access to school meals."

It is about lying to the kids and parents.

The intent is to deal with childhood overweight/obesity.

The School Nutrition Lunch Program as it existed was not the cause.

This is about politics pure and simple without an iota of science or data to back it up.

A boondoggle.