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Study: Healthy school lunches good for grades, but don’t decrease obesity

By Jason Russell
Published March 6, 2017 3:27pm ET
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Study: Healthy school lunches good for grades, but don’t decrease obesity
The authors suggest more schools should have school lunches prepared by vendors instead of prepared solely in-house. | (Susan Walsh/AP)

A new study says healthy school lunches lead to better academics in K-12 schools, but the lunches fail to improve the main problem they’re supposed to address: childhood obesity.

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