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Morris, Patricia McGrath; And Others – 1991
This study, which was conducted by a national consumer advocacy organization, examined the nutritional adequacy of the diets of elementary school children. The study also examined the nutritional adequacy of meals served in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). The study determined that: (1) children consume too much fat, cholesterol, and…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Health, Eating Habits, Elementary Education
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Resources, Community, and Economic Development Div. – 1993
The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), within the Department of Agriculture (USDA), is responsible for administering the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). Under the provisions of the program, states are reimbursed a set amount of money for each meal served under the program. In 1991 and 1992, the FNS published the results of a survey of a…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Indexes, Costs
Worthington, Linda, Ed. – 1982
U.S. organizations interested in and involved with hunger issues and actions are described in this annotated listing. There are four major sections: (1) non-government organizations; (2) regional agencies; (3) government organizations, including United Nations and multilateral agencies, U.S. Congress, and federal government agencies; and (4)…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Breakfast Programs, Federal Programs, Food
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1986
The Hunger Relief Act of 1986 shows the broad concern in Congress and among the American people for the elimination of hunger and malnutrition in America. Four Congressional committees participated in advancing this legislation, which provides a 12-point plan for improving the nutrition programs serving low-income Americans. The committees heard…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Family Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1987
This guide was written to provide sponsors with a combination of guidance and policy information in order to help them plan, purchase, prepare, and serve nutritious meals and snacks that comply with the Child Care Food Program meal pattern requirements. Nutrition information and lists of allowable foods for each menu component (meat, fruit and…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Child Caregivers, Compliance (Legal), Day Care
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Stashower, Gloria – School Management, 1974
Clark County school district in Las Vegas, Nevada, has combination lunches available for high school students that meet Type A nutrition requirements but which resemble the commercial fast food menus teenagers prefer. (MLF)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Eating Habits, Food Service, High Schools
Martin, Josephine – American School Board Journal, 1975
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Breakfast Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
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Food and Nutrition Service (USDA), Washington, DC. – 1979
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)
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Food Service
George Washington Univ., Washington, DC. Inst. for Educational Leadership. – 1977
This document presents the program transcripts of a weekly series broadcast by member stations of National Public Radio. The program focuses on food in the schools. It addresses the following issues: plate waste in Chicago and Dallas; banning junk food and vending machines; the results of a vending machine junk food ban in West Virginia;…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Food, Food Standards, Health Conditions
Food and Nutrition Service (USDA), Washington, DC. – 1978
This evaluation of the Special Milk Program (SMP) was undertaken in order to assess the impact of the free milk provision on the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and on student milk consumption. Other objectives of the study included (1) assessing milk waste in schools and factors affecting this waste; (2) updating data from previous surveys…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Food, Lunch Programs
Leonard, Rodney E. – 1969
The school lunch program has not responded to national needs: the greater the need of the child from a poor neighborhood, the less the community is able to meet it. Of about eight million children whose families cannot afford the cost of a school meal, three million receive a lunch free or at reduced cost; of the five million denied reasonable…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Financial Needs
Baehr, Bonnie – School Business Affairs, 1986
Changing the National School Lunch Program to eliminate funding to the full-price meal would affect the entire program, leading to a drastic increase in the price of these meals, a decrease in program participants, and a loss of the health emphasis of the program. (MLF)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulation, Food Service
Dunifon, Rachel E.; Kowaleski-Jones, Lori – Institute for Research on Poverty, 2004
Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, 1998?1999 Kindergarten Cohort, the study examines two research questions: What are the effects of participation in the National School Lunch Program on changes in children?s behavior, test scores, and body weight? Do these effects differ by gender? To address issues of selection, we use…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Federal Programs, Child Health, Social Development
Cohen, Rhoda; KewalRamani, Angelina; Nogales, Renee; Ohls, James; Sinclair, Michael – US Department of Agriculture, 2004
This report describes research that Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. (MPR) has conducted for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), to develop methods to track the use of "competitive foods" in schools over time. Competitive foods are foods from a la carte cafeteria sales, vending machines, school stores,…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Food Standards, Lunch Programs
Groves, Marjorie P. – Extension Service Review, 1972
A food fest held at a local community settlement house and sponsored by the county Extended Food and Nutrition Education Program, showed that community cooperation in nutrition education improves communication and helps reach a wider audience. (JB)
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Community Organizations, Foods Instruction, Home Economics
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