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Resource | Research and Data | Assessing/Improving Operations Measuring Competitive Foods in Schools

This “briefing report” summarizes research recently undertaken for FNS to develop a methodological basis for obtaining detailed information on the competitive foods sold in schools.

05/26/2004
Resource | Research and Data | Assessing/Improving Operations School Meals Initiative Implementation Study: First Year Report

The National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program are central parts of a national policy designed to safeguard the nutritional well-being of the Nation’s children. Despite the progress that has been achieved over the years in enhancing the quality of school meals, results of research conducted in the early 1990s indicated that school meals, on balance, were not meeting certain key nutritional goals. 

11/01/2000
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