Aim: This study aims to evaluate the impact of a novel multicomponent nutrition education program (United for Healthier Kids; U4HK) on the diet consumed during school lunch among preschool children. Methods: The program comprised four tools: hero plates, hero content, hero menus, and hero books and stickers. The program was implemented for 16…

The FNS Research Corner provides a continuing series to summarize recently completed and current research conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) in the area of child nutrition. Summaries of recently completed research projects, research conducted through grant activities, and in-progress research are…

This handbook gives those who monitor food service sites a work knowledge of their duties and responsibilities as representatives of sponsors in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). The organizational structure of the SFSP and the training of monitors are reviewed. The responsibilities of visiting sites and checking site operations are…

Summarizes the advantages for schools of contracting a food service management company, and lists the questions to ask when evaluating a food service management contract bid. (Author/MLF)

This General Accounting Office (GAO) report examines the problems encountered by school food service programs in their efforts to meet the Department of Agriculture's nutrient requirements for school lunches while increasing student participation and reducing food waste and program costs. The report is based on an evaluation of two senior high…

This plan for school food service in Kansas is intended to serve as a guide for the development and success of efficient nutritional programs at the local level. The topics covered include statistical facts of organization and funding of school food services; objectives for fiscal year 1980; descriptions of the various food service programs;…

The food director of the Milwaukee Public Schools offers his advice: discover what kids want, and then give it to them; snack bars and vendors must not compete with school lunches; and you must have professionals running the food service. (Author/MLF)

This report discusses the administration of the 1977 summer food program for children. Widespread abuses in 1976 and earlier programs are reviewed. It is held that although some abuses did occur in 1977, these were fewer and less serious than before. Causes of the program abuses are discussed in detail, and include such factors as: (1) inadequate…

In this handbook, monitors of food service programs for children are given instructions concerning their general responsibilities, training session requirements, meal requirements, daily record keeping, and specific responsibilities. Site review forms for vended programs are included. (WI)

This reference guide for evaluation of school lunch training is a revision of a United States Department of Agriculture guide that was published in 1961. The guide is designed to help school administrators evaluate the training acquired by school lunch program personnel that is provided in training sessions for these persons. The booklet contains…

The American School Food Service Association (ASFSA) has encouraged each state to adapt "Standards of Excellence" for school nutrition programs. The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction (NDDPI), in cooperation with the North Dakota School Food Service Association (NDSFSA), has developed this document, "Growing Toward…

Examines ways of dealing with the growing financial crisis in school food service programs caused by recent cuts in the Child Nutrition Act. (MLF)

Major areas of concern of Pennsylvania school food service management--student participation, labor cost, food cost, and uses of management information--are analyzed and recommendations are made. The management information study is an analysis of the findings from a six-county sample survey of record keeping practices and personal perceptions of…

This report presents required state and federal information and administrative and procedural information related to Kansas school food service programs. These programs include the National School Lunch Program, the School Breakfast Program, the Child Care Food Program, the Special Milk Program, and the Nutrition Education Program, and training…

The Special Summer Food Service Program for Children is one of several programs for the feeding of children administered by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). The program is designed to feed during summer vacation, children from areas having poor economic conditions or high concentrations of working mothers. It is authorized through fiscal year…