School Nutrition
School Nutrition: Federal Guidance and Policies
Improving Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs - Final Rule
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to set new nutrition standards for all food served in schools. Drawing on recommendations from the Institute of Medicine, the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and 132,000 public comments to the proposed standards, USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (...
Institute of Medicine School Meal Recommendations
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) made sweeping recommendations on ways to make school meals healthier in its report, School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children, issued in October 2009. The report was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as part of an initiative to improve the nutritional profile of the National School Lunch and...
Afterschool Meal Programs
Afterschool meal programs are much more widely available as a result of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-296) which expanded reimbursement for at-risk afterschool meals from just a few states to all states. Reimbursement for at-risk afterschool snacks has been available since the 1990s.
Two federal nutrition programs exist to...
Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2010
The Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act signed in December 2010 authorizes all the federal school meal and child nutrition programs that provide funding to ensure low-income children have access to healthy and nutritious foods. The child nutrition programs touch millions of children each day. Over 31 million children receive meals...
The 2012 Farm Bill
The 2012 Farm Bill is fast approaching and anyone in the nutrition field will want to keep an eye on this legislation. The Farm Bill is the primary agricultural and food policy tool of the federal government. Congress reconsiders the Farm Bill every five years, with the last Farm Bill passed in 2008 (formally known as the Food, Conservation,...
MyPlate
To convey a quick, simple visual image of the healthy eating messages in the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the U.S. Department of Agriculture introduced the MyPlate icon in June 2011. The place setting graphically demonstrates that half your plate should be grains and protein and half fruits and vegetables, along with a serving of dairy...
IOM Workshop Report - Measuring Progress in Obesity Prevention
February 23, 2012. Nearly 69 percent of US adults and 32 percent of children are either overweight or obese, creating an annual medical cost burden that may reach $147 billion. Researchers and policy makers are eager to identify improved measures of environmental and policy factors that contribute to obesity prevention. The IOM...
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