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Rednak, Jon – School Business Affairs, 1987
A Pennsylvania school district served meals to nearly 80 percent of the students this past year. Student participation was achieved by asking students' opinions, monitoring food quality, redesigning menus, increasing staff morale, providing a pleasant cafeteria atmosphere, and sponsoring nutrition programs. (MLF)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Food Service, Food Standards, Lunch Programs
Wood, Wilma – School Business Affairs, 1990
Marketing the food service program in an Ohio district is directed toward the students and also at the community, school administrators, teachers, and employees. Students are encouraged to follow a healthier way of eating. (MLF)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Food Service, Lunch Programs, Marketing
Becker, Thelma L. – School Business Affairs, 1986
Outlines (1) the changes that have occurred in school food service since the National School Lunch Act of 1946, (2) the choices in foods served and in new markets, and (3) an action plan for the challenges facing school food service professionals. (MLF)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Food Service, Hunger, Long Range Planning
Marlowe, John – American School Board Journal, 2002
As of summer 2001, at least 12 states are deep-sixing junk foods in schools. Schools face an uphill battle on nutrition education. Commercials promoting junk food seem ubiquitous, and children are spending too many inactive hours watching television. Major challenges include the open-campus lunch period and cash-strapped schools using profits from…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Food Service, Foods Instruction, Lunch Programs
Download full textMinnesota State Dept. of Children, Families, and Learning, Roseville. Food and Nutrition Service. – 1998
"Healthy School Meals: Promotion Ideas That Work" is a Minnesota program based on the USDA's Team Nutrition program. The program's goal is to improve the health of children through school meals and nutrition education. This is accomplished by empowering schools to serve meals meeting the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and motivating…
Descriptors: Achievement, Breakfast Programs, Child Health, Educational Environment
Johnston, James B. – School Business Affairs, 1994
A New York State school district employed a management company to privatize the food-service program with the goal of enticing all students to eat lunch. Expertise in marketing, menu planning, and food-service operation turned the program around. Suggests questions to ask when selecting a management company. (MLF)
Descriptors: Awards, Breakfast Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Lunch Programs
Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC. – 1996
This nutrition education packet provides information to schools setting up healthy school meal programs and nutrition education programs. Team Nutrition schools will involve students, teachers, families, food service personnel, and community organizations in nutrition education activities. The packet contains fact sheets that focus on: the Great…
Descriptors: Child Health, Cooking Instruction, Dietetics, Eating Habits
