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A new Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study shows that school lunches are getting healthier but there are still factors that limit healthy foods for Latino students, minority students and students from lower socioeconomic status.
Fresh fruit and salad bar access increased from 16.4 percent to 31.5 percent, but mainly in the western area of the nation. Schools in the Northeast, Midwest, or South of the country were less likely to offer salad bars.
Schools are where kids consume most of their daily calories, having healthy fresh fruit and vegetable options available may help decrease Latino students high risks for diet-related diseases like diabetes.
To read the full study, click here.
To see more of why it is important for Latino kids to have healthy school foods, click here.
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By The Numbers
84
percent
of Latino parents support public funding for afterschool programs
