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Kuhner, Jeanne Incantalupo – Phi Delta Kappan, 2012
The U.S. Congress has passed a measure that would scrap the Child Nutrition Act's requirements and funding for more healthy lunches in schools. Unfortunately, foods of lower nutritional value are more available than healthier snacks in the nation's schools. The author argues that providing students with more fresh fruit and produce, whole grains…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Food, Dietetics, Life Style
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YoussefAgha, Ahmed H.; Lohrmann, David K.; Jayawardene, Wasantha P. – Journal of School Health, 2013
Background: Health eTools for Schools was developed to assist school nurses with routine entries, including height and weight, on student health records, thus providing a readily accessible data base. Data-mining techniques were applied to this database to determine if clinically signi?cant results could be generated. Methods: Body mass index…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Body Composition, School Nurses, Obesity
Ralston, Katherine; Newman, Constance; Clauson, Annette; Guthrie, Joanne; Buzby, Jean – US Department of Agriculture, 2008
The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is the Nation's second largest food and nutrition assistance program. In 2006, it operated in over 101,000 public and nonprofit private schools and provided over 28 million low-cost or free lunches to children on a typical school day at a Federal cost of $8 billion for the year. This report provides…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, National Programs, Nutrition, Program Costs
Oliveira, Victor; Frazao, Elizabeth – US Department of Agriculture, 2009
The mission of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, and children through age 4 who are at nutritional risk. WIC provides nutritious foods to supplement diets, nutrition education, and referrals to health care and other social services.…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Nutrition, Infants, Nutrition Instruction