Canada is not doing well compared with other high-income countries at providing nutritious food to children, say food security advocates and parents calling for a national school food program. Sasha McNicoll is co-ordinator at the Coalition for Healthy School Food, organized by the advocacy group Food Secure Canada. School meals should be part of the federal government's national food policy, says Sasha McNicoll, co-ordinator at the Coalition for Healthy School Food. To that end, Food Secure Canada is seeking an investment by the federal government in a cost-shared universal healthy school food program, so students can have daily access to healthy meals at school. ​​Making school food programs a bigger priority could help, Food Secure Canada says.

Source: CBC News September 05, 2017 17:48 UTC