mrs obama
Jan
21
2020
The cartoon depicts a large figure labeled Big Ag adding to bins of sugar, fat and salt while children gather around a blue container of Red Bull cans. One child reads packaging as another delivers the caption line about new school nutrition guidelines treating the energy drink as a food group. Published in 2020, the image responds to debates over federal school meal standards and industry influence on child nutrition policy. It uses the visual of kids receiving the drinks to underscore concerns that guidelines had been relaxed to permit more processed items in cafeterias.
Jan
21
2020
The cartoon by Adam Zyglis portrays President Donald Trump devouring a hamburger amid McDonald's packaging and Diet Coke cans. A banner labels him the man who cut fruits and vegetables from school lunches. The image responds to the Trump administration's 2018-2020 changes to school meal standards originally strengthened under the Obama administration by Michelle Obama. Those rules emphasized whole grains, fruits and vegetables and limited sodium and calories. The new policy allowed more flexibility including some processed foods. The drawing uses the visual of Trump at a fast-food laden table to comment on the policy reversal.
