This training series is designed to assist school food authorities, state agencies, and others in implementing the updated nutrition standards for school meals.
Healthy Eating Index scores range from 0 to 100 and are a measure of diet quality used to assess how well a set of foods aligns with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. A higher score is ideal. The FDPIR Food Package scores an 84. This is higher than the average U.S. diet, which scores a 59.
This interactive webinar series highlights resources and materials that address hot topics in school meals. FNA regional offices, state agencies, school food authorities and others who may be interested are invited to participate.
The findings described in this webinar are based on two analyses. One that estimated the percentage of daily and weekly lunch menus that met the updated nutrition standards, and another that examined the nutritional quality of the lunches using the Healthy Eating Index-2010.