Adequacy and quality of diets consumed by participants in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: Findings from the third School Nutrition Dietary Assessment study (SNDA-III)

APHA Scientific Session and Event Listing

4133.0: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 12:50 PM

Abstract #154786

Melissa Clark, PHD¹, Mary Kay Fox, MEd², Elizabeth Condon, MS, RD², and Patricia McKinney, MS, RD³. (1) Mathematica Policy Research, PO Box 2393, Princeton, NJ 08543-2393, 609-750-3193, mclark@mathematica-mpr.com, (2) Mathematic Policy Research, Inc., 955 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 801, Cambridge, MA 02139, (3) Office of Analysis, Nutrition and Evaluation, USDA/Food and Nutrition Service, 3101 Park Center Drive 10th floor, Alexandria, VA 22302

Current regulations that govern meals offered in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the School Breakfast Program (SBP) stipulate that lunches provide one-third of the 1989 Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs), breakfasts provide one-fourth of the 1989 RDAs, and both meals provide levels of total fat and saturated fat that are consistent with the 1995 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Since the time these regulations were put in place, the standards used to assess dietary intakes have changed. Specifically, the RDAs have been replaced by the Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) and the most recent version of the Dietary Guidelines incorporates DRI recommendations for total fat and saturated fat.

This presentation will review findings from the recently completed SNDA-III study, the only nationally representative study designed to collect information about the dietary intakes of school-age children on school days. The presentation will describe the usual dietary intakes of students who participated in the NSLP and SBP relative to DRI standards and compare these results to those of non-participating students. Data will be presented on usual intakes of macronutrients, relative to Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Ranges (AMDRs), as well as intakes of vitamins, minerals, and fiber relative to Estimated Average Requirements (EARs) and Adequate Intakes (AIs).

Learning Objectives:

Participants will be able to

•Describe the usual dietary intakes of students who participated in the National School Lunch and/or School Breakfast Programs.
•Identify subgroups of students with potential shortfalls or excesses of macronutrients relative to Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Ranges (AMDRs), as well as intakes of vitamins, minerals, and fiber relative to Estimated Average Requirements (EARs) and Adequate Intakes (AIs).
•Compare the usual dietary intakes of students who participated in the NSLP/SBP to those students who did not participate.

Keywords: Nutrition, School Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

The School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study (jointly-organized by the Food and Nutrition & School Health and Education Sections)

The 135th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 3-7, 2007) of APHA