Investigation Into School Lunch Quality Following Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act Implementation

The relationship between school lunch quality and the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act (HHFKA) revised nutrition standards was investigated. School Lunches from four Washington State elementary schools that earned HealthierUS School Challenge awards. Nutrition content of the meals selected and consumed was assessed using before and after digital photos. Meals were scored using the Healthy Eating Index (HEI) to determine meal quality. Results were based on 1033 lunches (509 pre-HHFKA in Spring 2012 and 524 in Spring 2013) and revealed improved HEI scores for most components post-HHFKA implementation school lunches both served and consumed. Implications of the differences in HEI scores are discussed.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Nutrition

Year dc:date.available

2015

Author dc:creator

• Smith, Katherine N.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Ethan A. Bergman
• Timothy Englund
• Dana Ogan

• nutrition
• HHFKA
• NSLP
• NDSR
• HEI
• Life Sciences

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/280

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.cwu.edu:etd-1258