Key Resources
Child Nutrition - WA Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Includes program information and resources, Washington State participation rates and data, guidelines, and procedures.
School Meals - US Department of Agriculture
Information and resources for school lunch, breakfast, special milk, and summer feeding programs.
Report: School Meal Program Participation and Its Association with Dietary Patterns and Childhood Obesity (pdf)
This 2009 USDA ERS study found that school lunch participants consumed fewer sugar sweetened beverages and a lower percentage of calories from low nutrient, energy dense foods than nonparticipants. School breakfast program participants had lower BMI than non-participants.
Toolkit: Expanding Your School Breakfast Program
Information to help promote and expand School Breakfast Programs as a way of supporting positive outcomes for children. Includes customizable PowerPoint files, information sheets, letters, and marketing materials.
Breakfast = Achievement
A two-page color handout that demonstrates the impact that breakfast has on student nutrition and achievement.
Team Nutrition
Team Nutrition is an initiative of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service to support the Child Nutrition Programs through training and technical assistance for foodservice, nutrition education for children and their caregivers, and school and community support for healthy eating and physical activity.
Healthy
School Meals Initiative - USDA
Changes to the National School Lunch Program and School
Breakfast Program, including updating the nutrition standards
for school meals, providing a variety of menu planning alternatives,
and streamlining program administration.
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