Burning Question: What's for lunch?

The Obama administration has made a big issue of reducing obesity in the United States through healthy eating habits. And federal agencies are supposed to be leading the way by providing healthier options for employees at their cafeterias.

Here at GovExec, we've been following agencies' efforts to upgrade their food offerings for the past year. Here's some of our coverage:

• State Department cafeteria will lead the way on healthy dining (Feb. 11, 2010)
• Agriculture's cafeteria serves healthy meals alongside traditional fare (Jan. 5, 2010)
• Agencies challenge employees to lead a healthier lifestyle (Oct. 19, 2009)

Today, the Washington Post weighed in, with a review of agency cafeterias. The results were less than impressive. "Only one cafeteria got our top grade," the Post's Jane Black reported. "At the others, there's still a long way to go, baby."

An unnamed State Department official put it even more succinctly in his review of the department's cafeteria upgrade: "It's better than it was. But it still sucks."

Well, fed: We try the food at U.S. government cafeterias
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