School Meals Building Blocks for Healthy Children (2010) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction and Background
1 Introduction and Background
Pages 19-32
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. The school meal programs hold the potential to provide nearly all the nation's schoolchildren with access to nutritious, low-cost meals to support their growth, development, and health.
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. Notably, in addition to providing food through the federal school meal programs, schools generally offer foods through à la carte service in the school cafeteria, school stores and snack bars, and vending machines.
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to provide recommendations to revise the nutrition- and food-related standards and requirements for the NSLP and the SBP. This request relates to the congressional requirement that USDA issue new guidance and regulations for the Nutrition Standards and Meal Requirements of the school meal programs (Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act, P.L.
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. The overall goal was the development of a set of well-conceived and practical recommendations for nutrients and Meal Requirements that reflect current nutrition science, increase the meals' contents of key food groups, improve the ability of the school meal programs to meet the nutritional needs of children, foster healthy eating habits, and safeguard children's health.
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The elements of the current regulations pertaining to the Nutrition Standards and Meal Requirements are illustrated in Figure 1-1. The current planning model, which guided the development of the regulations, uses the 1995 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (HHS/USDA, 1995)
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, two categories of the nutrient-based approach (nutrient standard menu planning and assisted nutrient standard menu planning) , and a fifth option (any reasonable approach)
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The law does not specify the nutrients to be included. 3 Local school food authorities encompass school districts or small groups of districts that are approved by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service to operate the school meal programs (USDA/FNS, 2007b)
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FIGURE 1-2 Current standards for school breakfast and lunch under review by the committee. The existing USDA regulations cover calories4 and five nutrients that are to be provided by school meals.
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REASONS FOR THE UPDATING OF NUTRITION STANDARDS AND MEAL REQUIREMENTS Congressional Mandate In recognition of the need to update and revise the Nutrition Standards and Meal Requirements for the school meal programs, Congress incorporated requirements in the 2004 Child Nutrition and WIC6 Reauthorization Act (P.L.
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TABLE 1-2 Reimbursable Breakfast and Lunch Planned Using a Nutrient-Based Approach: Standards for Menu Items as Offered and as Sered, by Type of Meal Meal As Offered As Sered Breakfasta Schools must offer at least three • Student may decline only one item, menu items: regardless of the number of items • Fluid milk (served as a beverage) offered • Two additional menu items Lunchb Schools must offer at least three • If three items are offered, students menu items: may decline one • Fluid milk • If four or more items are offered, • Entrée students may decline two • Side dish • Students must select an entrée aOffer ersus sere (OVS)
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Fact Sheets for Healthier School Meals includes guidance on preparing and serving meals consistent with the Dietary Guidelines (USDA/FNS, 2009a)
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SUMMARY AND ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT The school meal programs help guard the health and well-being of the nation's children, in large part through the implementation of a complex set of Nutrition Standards and Meal Requirements. Congress mandated an update of the Nutrition Standards and Meal Requirements following the release of new scientific evidence in Dietary Guidelines for Americans (HHS/USDA, 2005)
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Chapter 7 presents the recommendations for Nutrient Targets and Meal Requirements. Subsequent chapters cover food cost and market effects; the projected impact of the recommended Nutrient Targets and Meal Requirements; and recommendations for implementation (including monitoring)
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