Issue Brief: Update on Implementation of 2012 Standards for the National School Lunch Program
Author: The Network for Public Health Law
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The federal National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free lunches to children at school. Since 1966 the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in charge of setting uniform nutritional standards for the NSLP. In 2010, the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act required the USDA to update the School Lunch Standards to reflect current dietary science. In 2012, the USDA issued new school lunch standards. The new standards require schools to increase availability of fruits and vegetables, set both a floor and ceiling on meal calories, and sets sodium reduction targets over the next ten years, in addition to several other regulations. This new resources provide an update on the implementation progress of the new school lunch standards, as well as a look at what to expect in 2015.
Program: Community Health
Submitted Date: Jan 09, 2015 | Modified Date: Sep 30, 2025
Primary Toolkit: Chronic Disease Prevention Toolkit | Secondary Toolkit: N/A
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Institution Type: LHD - City, LHD - County,
Keywords: Healthy Living & Prevention, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, Vulnerable Populations
