The National School Lunch Program: Background, Trends, and Issues
Report covers participant characteristics of the Nation’s second-largest food and nutrition program and focuses on rising costs, changing nutritional requirements, and program access and integrity. July 2008
The
Income Volatility See-Saw: Implications for School
Lunch
ERS examines income volatility among households
with children and the implications for eligibility
in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). August
2006
Profiles
of Participants in the National School Lunch Program:
Data From Two National Surveys
ERS reports new estimates of characteristics (e.g.,
race, ethnicity, household composition, poverty
level) of children participating in the National
School Lunch Program using two national surveys.
August 2006
Certifying
Eligibility in the National School Lunch Program
Nutritionally balanced National School Lunch Program
(NSLP) meals are available in almost all public
and many private schools; certification errors occur
in some instances. July 2003
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Healthy School Meal Environment
Schools can foster an environment that encourages
healthy food choices by participants in the NSLP
and the School Breakfast Program (SBP). Factors
include: (1) the nutritional quality, variety, and
acceptability of program meals; (2) meal scheduling;
and (3) nutrition education. July 2003
Do Healthy
School Meals Cost More?
With child obesity soaring and juvenile diabetes
and hypertension on the rise, there is strong policy
interest in the potential of USDA school meals to
promote healthy diets and weights—and in whether
this would increase program costs. July 2003
Competitive
Foods: Soft Drinks vs. Milk
“Competitive foods”—those available
in schools in addition to USDA-provided school meals—have
lower nutritional quality than school meals. A case
study focuses on competition between milk and soft
drinks. July 2003
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