The General Mills Convenience & Foodservice division, Minneapolis, offers two new Pillsbury bakery solutions for K-12 school foodservice operators.

In one study, daily milk sales declined by 9.9%.

Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

However, many school districts say that their current kitchen equipment and infrastructure limit their ability to do so and that foodservice staff need more training as they work to implement the USDA guidelines.

The study found some gender differences in the habits influencing body weight.

The standards are seen as a critical step in improving students' eating options under a 2010 law revamping school foods. Schools have until July 1, 2014, to implement the new rules.

Many U.S. parents are unaware that 8% of kids have a food allergy, and more than 15% of them have an allergic reaction at school, an expert says.

Economists monitoring the beverage industry’s promise to get sodas and many other sugary drinks out of schools found that companies shipped 90% fewer calories to schools in 2010, compared with 2004.

Regulating the foods and beverages sold outside of federal meal programs at schools may help curb the child obesity epidemic, suggests a U.S. study.

Half as many adolescents as in 2006 can still buy high-calorie sodas in schools, but other sugary beverages remain easily available onsite, a survey showed.