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Michelle Obama Takes Candy Away From Babies

Pardes Seleh

Michelle Obama’s new lunch rules for public schools is now taking sweet cereals and fried foods away from more than 3 million children in daycare centers across the country.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service, a lunch service pushed by the first lady, issued a final rule Monday restricting daycare centers from serving fried foods, handing toddlers more than one juice a day, and even adding honey to a child’s yogurt. The regulation is part of a 2010 anti-obesity initiative under Obama’s Let’s Move campaign, which focuses on getting children to “build healthy habits.”

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