Sentences with phrase «meet the needs of the school meal»

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These include getting proper nutrition (eating three meals a day and two nutritious snacks, limiting high sugar and high fat foods, eating fruits, vegetables, lean meats and low fat dairy products, including 4 servings of milk, cheese or yogurt to meet his calcium needs), regular exercise, adequate sleep (nine hours each night), and participation in extracurricular activities at school and in the community.

Schools each serving hundreds of meals daily can not possibly have their produce needs met by the yield from a schoolyard garden.

As of 2013, 88 percent of school districts needed at least one additional piece of kitchen equipment to help prepare and serve meals that meet the National School Lunch Program's nutrition standards, according to a survey by the Kids» Safe and Healthful Foods Prschool districts needed at least one additional piece of kitchen equipment to help prepare and serve meals that meet the National School Lunch Program's nutrition standards, according to a survey by the Kids» Safe and Healthful Foods PrSchool Lunch Program's nutrition standards, according to a survey by the Kids» Safe and Healthful Foods Project.

In December 2013, another KSHF survey found that most school meal programs (88 percent) needed one or more pieces of equipment to help them meet nutrition standards, but only 42 percent of respondents reported that they had funding for capital purchases, and less than half of those had a budget that was adequate to meet their equipment needs.

Ensure that school meals provide students with access to a variety of affordable, nutritious, and appealing foods that meet their health and nutritional needs while accommodating the religious, ethnic, and cultural food preferences of the student body.

This report focuses on one crucial set of challenges that school districts face in meeting nutrition standards for meals: the need for improved equipment and infrastructure.

Ideally, the free / reduced price meal in the cafeteria, along with school breakfast (and in some schools, free fruits and vegetable snacks, also) would meet the nutritional needs of hungry kids.

As we continue to focus on the twin issues of childhood obesity and hunger, we will increase access to good, quality meals in school cafeterias so the nutritional needs of our youngsters are better met.

Add to that the need to help schools meet some of the world's toughest nutritional standards for school meals and showing their worth for children's attainment and health; developing training opportunities; supporting schools with marketing menus on tight budgets; helping schools to protect kitchens and improve dining rooms, and to get better value for their services and supplies.

All HOPE COMMUNITY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL schools are committed to serving healthy meals to children, with plenty of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean protein and fat - free or low - fat dairy, that are moderate in sodium, low in saturated fat, have zero grams trans - fat per serving (nutrition label or manufacturer's specification), and to meeting the nutrition needs of school children within their calorie requireSCHOOL schools are committed to serving healthy meals to children, with plenty of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean protein and fat - free or low - fat dairy, that are moderate in sodium, low in saturated fat, have zero grams trans - fat per serving (nutrition label or manufacturer's specification), and to meeting the nutrition needs of school children within their calorie requireschool children within their calorie requirements.

The National School Boards Association (NSBA) issued a letter of support to Reps. Davis and Ashford thanking them for their efforts to provide highly nutritious meals to students and the flexibility needed to meet local needs.

As part of your overall school meals planning, you will need to allow for dietetic time to meet with parents about their child's allergy; adapted menu planning; training school cooks (this may require crash courses around a particular need); updating information and procedural documentation; updating recipe books.