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Content: Today’s
 
program
 
has
 
over
 
100
 
years
 
of
 
testing,
 
evaluating,
 
and
 
constant
 
research
 
to
 
make
 
sure
 
the
 
program
 
provides
 
the
 
best
 
in
 
nutrition,
 
nutrition
 
education,
 
and
 
foodservice
 
for
 
millions
 
of
 
students. The
 
school
 
lunch
 
program
 
has
 
become
 
so
 
accepted
 
that
 
most
 
Americans
 
don’t
 
think
 
of
 
it
 
as
 
welfare
 
(Winchell,
 
2009). The
 
USDA
 
still
 
maintains
 
control
 
over
 
the
 
program,
 
but
 
there
 
are
 
still
 
funding
 
issues
 
with
 
more
 
than
 
half
 
of
 
school
 
lunches
 
free
 
or
 
reduced. According
 
to
 
the
 
National
 
Nutrition
 
Standards,
 
which
 
are
 
published
 
by
 
the
 
School
 
Nutrition
 
Association,
 
in
 
order
 
for
 
schools
 
to
 
receive
 
federal
 
subsidies
 
for
 
free
 
or
 
reduced
 
lunch
 
meals
 
they
 
must
 
follow
 
Dietary
 
Guidelines
 
for
 
Americans
 
(DGA),
 
which
 
state
 
meals
 
must
 
provide
 
one
 
third
 
of
 
the
 
RDA
 
of
 
protein,
 
vitamin
 
A,
 
vitamin
 
C,
 
iron,
 
calcium,
 
and
 
calories. No
 
more
 
than
 
30%
 
of
 
the
 
meals
 
calories
 
should
 
be
 
from
 
fat
 
and
 
fewer
 
than
 
10%
 
of
 
the
 
calories
 
should
 
come
 
from
 
saturated
 
fat. Current
 
regulations
 
require
 
that
 
NSLP
 
meals
 
contain
 
(SNA,
 
2008): One
 
to
 
two
 
ounces
 
of
 
meat/meat
 
alternative
 
daily
 


 
10-14
 
serving
 
of
 
grains/bread
 
per
 
week
 


 
One
 
half
 
cup
 
fruit
 
daily
 


 
One
 
half
 
cup
 
vegetables
 
daily
 


 
8
 
ounces
 
of
 
milk
 
daily
 
The
 
United
 
States
 
Department
 
of
 
Agriculture
 
(USDA)
 
also
 
oversees
 
the
 
largest
 
school
 

breakfast
 
program
 
in
 
the
 
world. The
 
School
 
Breakfast
 
Program
 
(SBP)
 
was
 
part
 
of
 
the
 
1966
 
Child
 
Nutrition
 
Act. The
 
legislation’s
 
original
 
goal
 
was
 
to
 
offer
 
breakfast
 
to
 
students
 
from
 
low-income
 
families. It
 
was
 
created
 
as
 
a
 
pilot
 
project
 
to
 
provide
 
meals
 
for
 
children
 
“in
 
poor
 
areas
 
and
 
areas
 
where
 
students
 
had
 
to
 
travel
 
a
 
great
 
distance
 
to
 
get
 
to
 
school”
 
(Kennedy
 
&
 
Davis,
 
1998,
 
p.
 
798).