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Top unhealthy school lunch: Beef and cheese nachos - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

Top unhealthy school lunch: Beef and cheese nachos - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

Top unhealthy school lunch: Beef and cheese nachos

Beef and cheese nachos ranked No. 1 among the most unhealthy school lunches, according to a national review by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
Also making the list, in order, were meatloaf and potatoes, cheeseburgers, cheese sandwiches and pepperoni pizza.
School lunch menus from 18 elementary schools across the country were analyzed by dieticians from PCRM, a vegan advocacy and research group.
School lunches have been under fire recently. First lady Michelle Obama has linked childhood obesity to what she calls an underfunded school nutrition system.
Millions of television viewers tuned in for the nutrition reality show Food Revolutio