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    Saturday, May 04, 2024

    Fast-food fan Trump could remake healthy school lunches

    FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2016, file photo, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, left, stands with then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as he buys cookies during a visit to Eat'n Park restaurant in Moon Township, Pa. Will President-elect Trump remake school lunches into his fast-food favorites of burgers and fried chicken? Children grumbling about healthier school meal rules championed by first lady Michelle Obama may have reason to cheer Trump's election. The billionaire businessman is a proud patron of quick food restaurants and is promising to curb federal regulations. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

    WASHINGTON — Will President-elect Donald Trump remake school lunches into his fast-food favorites of burgers and fried chicken?

    Children grumbling about healthier school meal rules championed by first lady Michelle Obama may have reason to cheer Trump's election. The billionaire businessman is a proud patron of quick food restaurants and is promising to curb federal regulations.

    The Obama administration has made healthier, safer and better labeled food a priority in the last eight years, significantly raising the profile of food policy. That sometimes has brought the ire of Republicans, farmers and the food industry. The first lady made reducing childhood obesity one of her signature issues through her "Let's Move" campaign.

    In addition to the healthier school meal rules, the Obama administration ushered a sweeping food safety law through Congress.

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