Sentences with phrase «federally subsidized school meal»

A la carte foods are items sold by the district entirely apart from (and in actual competition with) the federally subsidized school meal as a money - making venture.

Even before I started The Lunch Tray, I'd read in Janet Poppendieck's Free for All: Fixing School Food in America references to data showing that, on average, children who regularly eat the federally subsidized school meal consume a wider variety of nutrients than those who consistently eat a home - packed lunch.

Just to bring everyone up to speed, «competitive» food and beverages are those offered in competition with the federally subsidized school meal, and are sold via vending machines, school stores, fundraisers, snack bars operated by the school cafeteria and other outlets.

Not exact matches

However, foods served at classroom parties and at other school functions aren't covered under these guidelines (even though they do compete with the federally subsidized meals program, at least in my mind).

No school is allowed to sell soda as part of the federally subsidized meal program, and fruits and vegetables are now required meal components.

She struggles to sell thousands of families on her belief that the federally - subsidized school meals program can support made - from - scratch food that's not only nutritious and sustainably sourced, but also attractive to kids trained to prefer convenience foods.

-LSB-...] In order to break even under the current federal program, school districts almost universally sell «a la carte» foods in addition to the federally subsidized meal.

Second, according to Poppendieck, by offering junk food in the same venue as the regular meal, the school district may feel pressured to keep the federally subsidized school lunch competitive by offering its own version of «junk food» items (hence the prevalence of pizza on school menus).

But I do know that while Greek school kids were reportedly going hungry in 2013, over 20 million economically distressed kids in this country were being fed nutritious, federally subsidized meals every single school day.

For many children, the federally - subsidized meals program, where milk is a required element at breakfast and at lunch, is an important source of calcium and vitamin D — at least when school is in session.

But the biggest problem I've had all along with this approach is that it does not address the needs of elementary school children, who are the biggest consumers of the federally - subsidized meals program.

In an effort to stem high childhood obesity levels, the new guidelines set limits on calories and salt, and they phase in more whole grains in federally subsidized meals served in schools» main lunch line.

Yet, much of that work depends on a simple, often unstated, assumption: that the short list of control variables captured in educational data systems — prior achievement, student demographics, English language learner status, eligibility for federally subsidized meals or programs for gifted and special education students — include the relevant factors by which students are sorted to teachers and schools.

Federally subsidized meal programs have since expanded to include school breakfast as well as after - school and summer options.

More than 17,000 high - poverty schools now offer free federally subsidized meals to about 8 million students through the provision, Vilsack announced at a meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics in Washington.