Not exact matches
The Department of Agriculture should set nutrition
standards for school lunches, including a
limit of 35 percent of
calories from fat, the group said.
The new
standards, slated to be fully in place by the 1996 - 1997 school year, call for school lunches to conform to the national Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which include such things as
limiting fat to 30 percent of
calories, using sodium in moderation and providing a selection of fruits, vegetables and grain products.
Moreover, the new national school lunch
standards and the proposed national competitive food and beverage
standards do not include sugar or
calorie limits for fat - free flavored milk.
The higher 50
calorie limit would permit the sale of some national brand sports drinks in their
standard formulas.
Similarly, federal nutrition
standards, including
calorie caps, necessarily put
limits on the many desserts the kids say they'd like to see.
The district's healthy vending policy requires snacks to meet new nutritional
standards, including
limits on
calories, sodium, fat and sugar.
Those
standards require that all competitive items, with the exception of a la carte entr es, be
limited to 200
calories per item, with less than 35 percent of those
calories coming from fat, less than 20 percent from saturated fat, and less than 30 percent from sugars, with exceptions for fruit and low - fat yogurt.
The findings come as districts across the country implement the national Smart Snacks in School
standards, which set basic
limits on the fat, salt, and
calories allowed in items sold through vending machines, school stores, and a la carte cafeteria menus.
Across the country, school districts are implementing the national Smart Snacks in School
standards, which set basic
limits on the fat, salt, and
calories allowed in items sold through vending machines, school stores, and a la carte cafeteria menus.
Since USDA's proposed nutrition
standards sets new
limits on
calories served to students, this trend will spread.
I know you have written about it before on the blog, but I think its findings are actually more applicable to overweight people than
standard diet adherents think (i.e., those who believe in
limiting food intake to lose weight, whether by cutting
calories, or intermittent fasting, or cutting out certain macros).
However, majority of your
calories still need to come from fats, and you still need to
limit your consumption of carbohydrates and protein for it to become a
standard ketogenic diet.6
A
standard diet plan will
limit calories from 1,200 to 2,300
calories depending on height, gender, and weight loss goals.
The nutrition
standards, which take effect in August, require more whole grains, low - fat dairy, fruits, vegetables, and leaner proteins, and set
limits on
calories, sodium, fat, and sugar.
School nutrition professionals in Utah prepare breakfast and lunches every day that meet federal nutrition
standards —
limiting fat,
calories and sodium — and encourage students to choose from the fruits, vegetables and whole grains offered with school meals.
School districts serve lunch to 30 million children, and many districts have struggled to meet new federal
standards for school meals and competitive foods, including increasingly stringent rules on
calorie limits, whole grain content, and sodium reduction.