Variability in dietary quality of elementary school lunch menus with changes in National School Lunch Program nutrition standards

Objective: There have been numerous changes to the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) nutrition standards over the past 10 years. The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA, 2010) presumably improved dietary quality (DQ) of reimbursable school meals from previous standards, while Child Nutrition Program Flexibilities (CNP Flexibilities, 2017) appear to decrease DQ. However, this variability in DQ has not been quantified. Thus, the purpose of this study was to determine differences in nutrient content and DQ between elementary school lunch menus meeting recent NSLP nutrition standards, School Meal Initiatives (SMI, 1995), HHFKA (2012), and CNP Flexibilities (2017), as well as with evidence-based school lunch best practices implemented (BP).

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Nutritional Sciences

Grantor

Oklahoma State University

Year dc:date.issued

2020

Author dc:creator

• Patel, Kajal J.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Joyce, Jill

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Amaya, Lauren
• Hildebrand, Deana

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright is held by the author who has granted the Oklahoma State University Library the non-exclusive right to share this material in its institutional repository. Contact Digital Library Services at lib-dls@okstate.edu or 405-744-9161 for the permission policy on the use, reproduction or distribution of this material.

Language dc:language

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14446/329971

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:openresearch.okstate.edu:20.500.14446/329971