Elementary Nutrition Guide for Appleton Area School District

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ELEMENTARY NUTRITION GUIDE National School Breakfast Program Benefits of Breakfast Providing breakfast addresses legislative trends and growing media concern toward unhealthy children. Missing out on an important source of nutrients and vitamins early in the day leaves students without the energy and brainpower to meet and exceed their mental and physical potential. It also leaves them at higher risk for childhood diabetes and obesity, and increases the probability of unhealthy snacking and overeating later in the day. USDA Guidelines, National School Breakfast Program (NSBP) 1. What is the National School Breakfast Program? The National School Breakfast Program is a federally assisted meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools and residential child care institutions. It began as a pilot project in 1966 and was made permanent in 1975. The National School Breakfast Program is administered at the federal level by the Food and Nutrition Service. At the state level, the program is usually administered by state education agencies, which operate the program through agreements with local school food authorities in nearly 80,000 schools and institutions. 2. How does the National School Breakfast Program work? The National School Breakfast Program operates in the same manner as the National School Lunch Program. Generally, public or nonprofit private schools of high school grade or under and public or nonprofit private residential child care institutions may participate in the National School Breakfast Program. School districts and independent schools that choose to take part in the breakfast program receive cash subsidies from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for each meal they serve. In return, they must serve breakfasts that meet federal requirements, and they must offer free or reduced-price breakfasts to eligible children. 3. What are the nutritional requirements for school breakfasts? School breakfasts must meet the applicable recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which recommend that no more than 30 percent of an individual’s calories come from fat and less than 10 percent from saturated fat. In addition, breakfasts must provide one-fourth of the Recommended Dietary Allowance for protein, calcium, iron, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, and calories. The decisions about the specific foods to serve and how they are prepared are made by local school food authorities. 4. How do children qualify for free and reduced-price breakfasts? Any child at a participating school may purchase a meal through the National School Breakfast Program. Children from families with incomes at or below 130 percent of the federal poverty level are eligible for free meals. Those with incomes between 130 percent and 185 percent of the poverty level are eligible for reduced-price meals. (For the period July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006, 130 percent of the poverty level is $25,155 for a family of four; 185 percent is $35,798.) Children from families over 185 percent of poverty pay full price, though their meals are still subsidized to some extent. 1
ELEMENTARY NUTRITION GUIDE The following statements are excerpted from Statement on the Link Between Nutrition and Cognitive Development in Children (1994) by the Center on Hunger, Poverty, and Nutrition Policy at Tufts University. "Children who attend school hungry have diminished attention spans and are unable to perform tasks as well as their nourished peers. In these cases, the full value of the education provided is lost." "Nutritionally deprived children are unable to benefit fully from schooling which, in turn, diminishes their potential as adults." "The benefits [of the School Breakfast Program] include higher performance on standardized tests, better school attendance, lowered incidence of anemia, and reduced need for costly special education." The following are quoted from Hunger in Children in the United States: Potential Behavioral and Emotional Correlates (1998) by Ronald Kleinman, et. al. "Children from families that report multiple experiences of food insufficiency and hunger are more likely to show behavioral, emotional, and academic problems..." "Chronic under-nutrition is associated with increased anxiety, attention deficits, increased prevalence of school absence, and tardiness..." "Problems such as fighting, stealing, and anxiety are more common in hungry...school-age children in our sample 5 to 10 years before they seem in society as increased rates of violence, underachievement, and substance abuse." Schools may choose from two options for their Breakfast Program. 2
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