Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010

Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
Long title	To reauthorize child nutrition programs, and for other purposes.
Enacted by	the 111th United States Congress
Effective	December 13, 2010
Citations
Public law	Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 111–296 (text) (PDF)
Legislative history
	Introduced in the Senate as S. 3307 by Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) on May 5, 2010; Committee consideration by Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Passed the Senate on August 5, 2010 (voice vote); Passed the House on December 2, 2010 (264-157); Signed into law by President Barack Obama on December 13, 2010;

The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 111–296 (text) (PDF)) is a federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on December 13, 2010. The law is part of the reauthorization of funding for child nutrition (see the original Child Nutrition Act). It funded child nutrition programs and free lunch programs in schools for 5 years.^[1] In addition, the law set new nutrition standards for schools, and allocated $4.5 billion for their implementation.^[1] The new nutrition standards were a centerpiece of First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! initiative to combat childhood obesity.^[2] In FY 2011, federal spending totaled $10.1 billion for the National School Lunch Program.^[3] The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act allows USDA, for the first time in 30 years, opportunity to make real reforms to the school lunch and breakfast programs by improving the critical nutrition and hunger safety net for millions of children.^[4] Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act and Michelle Obama were a step in transforming the food pyramid recommendation, which has been around since the early 1990s, into what is now known as "MyPlate".

According to the US Department of Agriculture, for the 2012–13 school year, 21.5 million American children received free lunch or reduced-price lunch at school.^[5] Across the U.S, the school lunch program varies by state.^[6]

In December 2018, the USDA weakened the ability to enforce the Act.^[7]

^ ^a ^b Child Nutrition Fact Sheet, whitehouse.gov
^ Kelly, Megyn (26 September 2012). "Students Choose to Go Hungry Rather than Eat Healthy School Lunches". Fox News Insider. FOX News Network. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
^ Food Research and Action Center (2010). "National School Lunch Program".
^ "Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act". Food and Nutrition Service. United States Department of Agriculture. May 10, 2017. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
^ "2012-2013 Participation School Meals". 2014.
^ School Nutrition Association (2013). "State-by-State Listing for School Meal Mandates and Reimbursements - As of April 2013" (PDF).
^ "USDA Rolls Back Michelle Obama's School Lunch Regulations, Allowing More Salt and Fat". PEOPLE.com.

[whitehouse-paper-1] Child Nutrition Fact Sheet, whitehouse.gov

[fox-2] Kelly, Megyn (26 September 2012). "Students Choose to Go Hungry Rather than Eat Healthy School Lunches". Fox News Insider. FOX News Network. Retrieved 13 February 2013.

[3] Food Research and Action Center (2010). "National School Lunch Program".

[Healthy_Hunger-Free_Kids_Act-4] "Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act". Food and Nutrition Service. United States Department of Agriculture. May 10, 2017. Retrieved January 12, 2018.

[5] "2012-2013 Participation School Meals". 2014.

[6] School Nutrition Association (2013). "State-by-State Listing for School Meal Mandates and Reimbursements - As of April 2013" (PDF).

[7] "USDA Rolls Back Michelle Obama's School Lunch Regulations, Allowing More Salt and Fat". PEOPLE.com.

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