Efforts To Improve School Lunch Programs

Download or read book Efforts to Improve School Lunch Programs written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Seven school districts in 7 states were reviewed to determine if innovative school lunch approaches were solving or aggravating lunch program problems. While the amount of lunch food offered generally satisfied the USDA meal pattern, none of the district high school lunch formatsmet the program goal of providing a third of the students' RDA; all formats provided less than recommended levels for 7of 14 nutrients examined. Student participation in the lunch program increased from 7 to 18% after the districts provided greater food selection. Lunch costs were generally not higher when innovative (e.g., fast-food and salad formats) lunch programs were added to the conventional formats. In addition, average plate wastes for the fast-foodformat was 9% compared to 13% for the conventional food format. Milk had the lowest waste rate. Females wasted more food than males. Nutrient analysis of lunches, meal price lists, and a table of RDAs are included in the appendices. (wz).