Sentences with phrase «revised meal standards»

Overall, the revised meal standards and policies appear to have significantly lowered plate waste in school cafeterias.

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Effective food policy actions are part of a comprehensive approach to improving nutrition environments, defined as those factors that influence food access.1 Improvements in the nutritional quality of all foods and beverages served and sold in schools have been recommended to protect the nutritional health of children, especially children who live in low - resource communities.2 As legislated by the US Congress, the 2010 Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA) updated the meal patterns and nutrition standards for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program to align with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.3 The revised standards, which took effect at the beginning of the 2012 - 2013 school year, increased the availability of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits and specified weekly requirements for beans / peas as well as dark green, red / orange, starchy, and other vegetables.

Thanks to the cash injection of Universal Infant Free School Meals, and new revised standards, children now have access to the most diverse range of meals in the history of school Meals, and new revised standards, children now have access to the most diverse range of meals in the history of school meals in the history of school food.

Thanks to the service, thousands of school pupils are now enjoying meals from menus guaranteed to comply with the revised school food standards.