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Download full textKara Clifford Billings – Congressional Research Service, 2024
The federal government has prescribed nutritional requirements for school meals since the authorization of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) in 1946. Such requirements have changed throughout the course of history. Current law requires the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe "minimum nutritional requirements" based on…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Nutrition, Lunch Programs, Breakfast Programs
Billings, Kara Clifford – Congressional Research Service, 2023
The federal government has prescribed nutritional requirements for school meals since the authorization of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) in 1946. Such requirements have changed throughout the course of history. Current law requires the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe "minimum nutritional requirements" based on…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Nutrition, Standards, Lunch Programs
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Direct linkSimmons, Makayla; Hildebrand, Deana; Joyce, Jill – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2022
Purpose/Objectives: The average Healthy Eating Index-2015 (HEI) score for children 2-17 years is 53.9/100, which needs improvement. HEI scores for dietary quality (DQ) directly and positively impact children's health, academic performance, and their future. Because school Child Nutrition Programs impact a large proportion of U.S. children, it is…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Dietetics, Food Service, Educational Legislation
