Sentences with phrase «federal meal programs»

This USDA initiative targets «competitive foods,» which are all foods and beverages sold to students on campus during the school day, typically through vending machines, a la carte lunch lines and in student stores, other than those meals reimbursable under federal meal programs.

She works with Oregon schools and other programs sponsoring the School Breakfast Program, National School Lunch Program, and other federal meal programs for children.

The presence of junk food also undermines participation in the nutritionally balanced federal meal program and it undercuts whatever nutrition information kids may be getting in the classroom.

Schools: Nutrition Hubs for Children Hear how your school can be a nutrition hub while effectively implementing federal meals programs.

A brand - new study in the journal Pediatrics (released online today) found that regulating the sale of «competitive foods» (any food or drink sold outside the federal meal program) may help keep students at healthier weights.

ALC undercuts the federal meal program, just as you say, and I've been told by experts that in districts in which ALC is dropped, participation goes up.

Every district participating in the federal meals program is required to have a written policy that includes nutrition guidelines for all foods available at school (hello, birthday cupcakes!)

Not sure why Black brought this up, except maybe to knock it down in defense of low - income children, who are the biggest beneficiaries of the federal meals program and also hardest hit by malnutrition and weight issues.

She has also testified before the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee on the need for federal nutrition standards for foods sold outside of the federal meal program in all schools.

(By way of reminder, «competitive» foods are those foods sold on school campuses outside of the scope of the federal meal program, such as «a la carte» foods sold in the cafeteria or vending machines by a district to raise revenues, as well as foods sold at sporting events, team and PTO / PTA fundraisers, etc..)

In Philadelphia and Cleveland, more than 90 percent of students qualify for the federal meals program; in several other cities, it's closer to 60 percent.

So how are black students and low - income students (those qualifying for the federal meals program) doing?

Thanks to the expansion of a federal meals program launched as a pilot four years ago, more schools and districts in high poverty areas that meet qualifications can feed their entire student population two meals a day for no charge.