tailieunhanh - Nutrition Standards for Foods in Schools

My memories of food at school are many, starting with cafeteria lunch provided after we presented our green lunch token and without discussion of choices or options. Everyone had a lunch token, so no one knew that there was a free or reduced-price lunch and no one went off campus for lunch unless you lived in the neighborhood. Bigger or maybe hungrier students got larger portions. A few students brought lunch in cool lunch boxes, and we envied what was assumed to be a better lunch. There were no vending machines until high school, and then the beverages were milk (full-fat chocolate and regular), orange juice, and a. | Nutrition Standards FOR Foods in Schools Leading the Way Toward Healthier Youth Committee on Nutrition Standards for Foods in Schools Food and Nutrition Board Virginia A. Stallings and Ann L. Yaktine Editors INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS Washington . THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS 500 Fifth Street . Washington DC 20001 NOTICE The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. This study was supported by grant number H75 CCH324857-01 between the National Academy of Sciences and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Any opinions findings conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsoring agency that provided support for the project. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Nutrition standards for foods in schools leading the way toward healthier youth Committee on Nutrition Standards for Foods in Schools Food and Nutrition Board Virginia A. Stallings and Ann L. Yaktine editors. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13 978-0-309-10383-1 hardbound alk. paper ISBN-10 0-309-10383-5 hardbound alk. paper 1. School children Nutrition Government policy United States. 2. School lunchrooms cafeterias etc. Management United States. 3. Nutrition policy United States. I. Stallings Virginia A. II. Yaktine Ann L. III. Institute of Medicine . . Committee on Nutrition Standards for Foods in Schools. 2007 160973 dc22 2007023350 Additional copies of this report are available from the National Academies Press 500 Fifth Street . Lockbox .