Schools offer healthy choices for your children, but are your kids choosing the salty and sugary foods they offer instead?Fruit, salads and skim milk are all offered at your child's school, but the trick is getting your child to choose them. Since 1995, steady improvements have been made in school meal programs. Schools are serving lunch options with more lean meats, lower-fat milk, and more fruits, vegetables and whole grains. "A good diet is built on highly nutritious foods from each of the main food groups," said Robert Murray, M., FAAP, and lead author of the policy statement, "Snacks, Sweetened Beverages, Added Sugars, and Schools." "Children, like adults, often want their own preferred flavors and textures during meals and snacks," Dr. Murray said. "It's no secret that brown sugar on oatmeal, or salad dressing with cut vegetables, can make these healthy foods more palatable to children, and increase their consumption. This is not a license to give kids anything they want; we just need to use sugar, fat and sodium strategically." Dr. Murray discusses school nutrition and how, as parents, it's up to you to monitor your child's school meals.