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Experts weigh in on changing food

The heat is on school food to improve.

Food service directors say they face obstacles to improving cafeteria meals, from outdated federal nutritional standards to tight funding.

Suggestions from experts for overcoming those obstacles range from setting higher prices to offering more fresh food and alternatives to high-fat products.

"School food has to get better," said Amie...

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