The National School Lunch Program Background, Trends, and Issues

Katherine Ralston ; Constance Newman ; Annette Clauson , Joanne Guthrie ; Jean C. Buzby

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: National School Lunch Program;    child nutrition;    obesity;    food assistance;   

RP-ID  :  ERR-61

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is the Nation's second largest food and nutrition assistance program. In 2006, it operated in over 101,000 public and nonprofit private schools and provided over 28 million low-cost or free lunches to children on a typical school day at a Federal cost of $8 billion for the year. This report provides background information on the NSLP, including historical trends and participant characteristics. It also addresses steps being taken to meet challenges facing administrators of the program, including tradeoffs between nutritional quality of foods served, costs, and participation, as well as between program access and program integrity.