President Biden Signs FY2024 Agriculture Appropriations Bill into Law

…allow schools to offer low-fat or fat-free flavored milk. Current (Target 1A) sodium limits will remain the same until the end of the 2026-27 School Year. Any future sodium limits…

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Milk Enhancements Improve Milk Consumption and Increase Meal Participation in the NSLP: The School Milk Pilot Test

…enhancements on school meal participation, milk sales, and milk consumption. Independent of the national School Milk Pilot Test, a similar milk enhancement initiative, the Westside School Milk Pilot Study, was…

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Alternative Breakfast Models: Milk Service Practices In School Nutrition Programs

…mobile carts (n=4). Procedures for Milk Service in Locations Other Than the Cafeteria. Milk cartons (n=27), plastic bottles (n=4), and pouches (n=2) were the most commonly reported types of milk

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Identifying Associations Between Format and Placement of School Salad Bars and Fruit and Vegetable Selection

…the salad bar (e.g., offering the salad bar as a stand-alone unit or incorporating the salad bar into the hot lunch line), deciding the location of the salad bar (e.g.,…

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Exploring Milk and Yogurt Selection in an Urban Universal School Breakfast Program

…Selection of Milk           No Milk (n=73, 17.7%) No milk vs. White milk <0.0001 38.3836 3.592 2.397-5.384 White Milk (n=81, 9.2%) White vs. Chocolate milk 0.0577…

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Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Dietary Patterns of Preadolescents Attending Schools in the Midwest

…vegetables (including potatoes), dairy (milk, cheese), whole grain, enriched grain, protein foods (eggs, beef, chicken, pork, fish, legumes), high-fat foods (e.g., hot dogs, corn dogs or sausage, snack chips like…

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The Kids’ Calcium Project: An In-School Educational Intervention

…of milk sold during the intervention, followed by 16-ounce milk slammers, milk served at milk breaks, and yogurt shakes. Average daily milk sales one month prior to the intervention period…

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The Impact The Smarter Lunchroom Movement Strategies Have On School Children’s Healthy Food Selection And Consumption: A Systematic Review

…F/V selection compared to those salad bars placed after hot line bar (p = 0.001) Salad bars that offered more choices increased F/V selected compared to   salad bars that…

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Beverage Selections and Impact on Healthy Eating Index Scores in Elementary Children’s Lunches From School and From Home

…but lower than 1% plain milk. In LBFH, Dairy food group/component scores for non-fat flavored milk (of 10 points possible, 9.6 served, 9.6 consumed) or 1% plain milk (9.5 served,…

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Current Practices for Providing School Field Trip Meals: Perspectives of School Nutrition Managers and Teachers

…38 Yogurt 4 17 16 37 Tuna salad, chicken salad, or egg salad         sandwiches 2 7 28 37 Green (i.e., lettuce) salads 2 6 29 37…

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