Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Bill would label pizza a vegetable in school lunches - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Bill would label pizza a vegetable in school lunches - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:

Bill would label pizza a vegetable in school lunches

If you put nutritious broccoli and kale on top of a chocolate-glazed donut, can the concoction be considered equivalent to a vegetable serving?

This is the same logic that Congress is about to incorporate into a new law as it gets ready to vote on legislationthat would, among other things, allow public schools to count a small amount tomato paste that is put on top of pizzas to be counted as a vegetable.

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