Holding recess before lunch increases fruit and veggie consumption and decreases waste

Students participating in the National School Lunch Program are required to select a fruit and a vegetable side.

Progress against childhood obesity could be threatened by rolling back school nutrition standards

Efforts to roll back current nutritional standards for the National School Lunch Program could jeopardize gains made in the fight against childhood obesity, write the authors of an article that will…

USDA Releases Proposed Rule To Improve National School Lunch And Breakfast Programs

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a proposed rule outlining the Department’s plan for updating the federal nutrition standards for meals served under the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs. The School Nutrition Association (SNA) welcomed the proposal and looks forward to fully reviewing the details and working with USDA to further improve school meals…

Food Safety Standards Need To Incorporate More Sound Science, Analysis

A new National Research Council report finds no scientific basis that more stringent testing of meat purchased through the government’s ground beef purchase program and distributed to various federal food and nutrition programs — including the National School Lunch Program — would lead to safer meat. The U.S…