Small fraction of students attended schools with USDA nutrition components

Tuesday, November 18, 2014 - 05:30 in Mathematics & Economics

If the latest US Department of Agriculture standards for school meals and food sold in other venues such as vending machines and snack bars are fully implemented, there is potential to substantially improve school nutrition because only a small fraction of students attended schools with five USDA healthy nutritional components in place from 2008 through 2012, according to a study.

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