Students from households with incomes:. In FY , ERS-sponsored research found that children from food-insecure and marginally food-secure households were more likely to eat school meals, and received more of their food and nutrient intake from school meals than did other children. To learn more, please see:. To learn more about the impact of NSLP on food insecurity, please see:.
The legislation also authorized an additional 6-cent payment per meal to schools when they demonstrated that they were serving meals that met the updated standards and established new regulations for meal prices charged to students not certified for free or reduced-price meals. To learn more about the new standards and how schools strive to provide healthy and appealing meals that encourage student participation, please see:.
In response to concerns about the role of the school meal environment in children's diets and other issues, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of also established updated nutrition standards for non-USDA foods sold in schools often called "competitive foods" participating in USDA's school meal programs.
Various laws and regulations govern the operation of school meal programs. In , Nutrition Standards and Meal Requirements were put in place to ensure that all meals offered would be high in nutritional quality.
School Meals reviews and provides recommendations to update the nutrition standard and the meal requirements for the National School Breakfast and Lunch Programs. The recommendations reflect new developments in nutrition science, increase the availability of key food groups in the school meal programs, and allow these programs to better meet the nutritional needs of children, foster healthy eating habits, and safeguard children's health.
School Meals sets standards for menu planning that focus on food groups, calories, saturated fat, and sodium and that incorporate Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the Dietary Reference Intakes.
The goal is the development of a set of well-conceived, practical, and economical recommendations for meal patterns and standards that reflect current nutritional science, increase the availability of key food groups, as appropriate, and allow these programs to better meet the nutritional needs of children, foster healthy eating habits, and safeguard children's health. The study will be undertaken in two phases, each resulting in a report that has been reviewed through the Academies' review procedures.
The committee's Phase I report will be issued for comment and will outline for the NSLP and for the SBP, the proposed criteria and process for selecting food group and nutrient targets and minimum standards for each week's menus, a reimbursable meal as offered, and a reimbursable meal as served weighted average over the week. It will also discuss data sources to be used in Phase II and plans for undertaking a sensitivity analysis and approaches to addressing such issues as cost implications and market effects.
The Phase 1 report is expected to be issued in approximately 11 months. The Phase 2 report will be issued in approximately 21 months.
The Phase II report is anticipated in prepublication format during October Contact the Public Access Records Office to make an inquiry, request a list of the public access file materials, or obtain a copy of the materials found in the file.
Harrison Helen H. Jensen, PhD Ronald E. Resources Press Release Report Brief. View Report. Yet the national nutrition standards and meal requirements for these meals were created more than a decade ago, making them out of step with recent guidance about children's diets.
With so many children receiving as much as 50 percent of their daily caloric intake from school meals, it is vital for schools to provide nutritious food alongside the best possible education for the success of their students.
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