Keeping Kids and School Foods Healthy Kristy Anderson, MPP Senior - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Keeping Kids and School Foods Healthy

Kristy Anderson, MPP Senior Government Relations Advisor American Heart Association

Child Nutrition Programs

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National School Lunch Program School Breakfast Program Smart Snacks Team Nutrition Community Eligibility Program (CEP) Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Child and Adult Care Feeding Program (CACFP) School Kitchen Equipment Grants Summer Feeding Farm to School

Why School Meals?

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The National School Lunch Program is a $15 billion federal program 29 million+ children get school lunches 14 million+ participate in the breakfast program Many children get 50% or more of their daily calories in schools

A Brief History of School Meals

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The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act

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The Opposition Begins

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Schools are losing money Schools are dropping out Kids dislike the healthy food Kids aren’t getting enough calories Fewer kids are participating Kids are just throwing the food away The updated standards are too difficult to implement

2015 Reauthorization Attempt

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Current Landscape: Sodium

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90% of children consume too much sodium

Current Landscape: Whole Grains

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Threats: Milk

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Threats: Smart Snacks

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Reauthorization Status

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Kristy Anderson Kristy.Anderson@heart.org