ENRICHMENT OF SCHOOL LUNCH FOODS.
ENRICHMENT OF SCHOOL LUNCH FOODS.

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

Publisher:

Published: 1959

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13:

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Considers S. 651, to amend the National School Lunch Act to require nutritional enrichment and sanitary packaging of white flour, rice, cornmeal, and grits to be distributed to schools.

Handbook of Food Fortification and Health
Handbook of Food Fortification and Health

Author: Victor R. Preedy

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-07-04

Total Pages: 467

ISBN-13: 1461471109

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Handbook of Food Fortification and Health: From Concepts to Public Health Applications Volume 2 represents a multidisciplinary approach to food fortification. This book aims to disseminate important material pertaining to the fortification of foods from strategic initiatives to public health applications. Optimal nutritional intake is an essential component of health and wellbeing. Unfortunately situations arise on a local or national scale when nutrient supply or intake is deemed to be suboptimal. As a consequence, ill health occurs affecting individual organs or causing premature death. In terms of public health, malnutrition due to micronutrient deficiency can be quite profound imposing economic and social burdens on individuals and whole communities. This comprehensive text examines the broad spectrum of food fortification in all its manifestations. Coverage includes sections on definitions of fortifications, fortified foods, beverages and nutrients, fortifications with micronutrients, biofortification, impact on individuals, public health concepts and issues, and selective methods and food chemistry. Handbook of Food Fortification and Health: From Concepts to Public Health Applications Volume 2 is an indispensable text designed for nutritionists, dietitians, clinicians and health related professionals.

National School Lunch Program
National School Lunch Program

Author: US Department of Agriculture

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 3

ISBN-13:

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The National School Lunch Program is a federally assisted meal program operating in over 101,000 public and non-profit private schools and residential child care institutions. It provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to more than 30.5 million children each school day in 2008. In 1998, Congress expanded the National School Lunch Program to include reimbursement for snacks served to children in afterschool educational and enrichment programs to include children through 18 years of age. The Food and Nutrition Service administers the program at the Federal level. At the State level, the National School Lunch Program is usually administered by State education agencies, which operate the program through agreements with school food authorities. This paper discusses the following: (1) how the program works; (2) the nutritional requirements for school lunches; (3) how children may qualify for free and reduced-price meals; (4) how much reimbursement schools get; (5) the other support schools get from USDA; (6) the types of food schools get from USDA; (7) the number of children that have been served over the years; and (8) the cost of the program.