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 veget
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 veget
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 veget
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
School Meals, and new
revised standards, children now have access to the most diverse range of meals in the history of
schoolschool food.