Sentences with phrase «weekly grains requirement»

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Recommendation: To improve school food authorities» (SFA) ability to design menus that comply with the new lunch requirements, the Secretary of Agriculture should permanently remove the weekly meat / meat alternate and grain maximums for school lunch defined in federal regulations

Comments: In January 2014, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued regulations that remove the requirement for SFAs to comply with the weekly meat / meat alternate and grain maximums for school lunch.

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.