Transcript NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH WEEK

National School Lunch Week - October 11-15, 2010
School/ District - Date
Agenda
• The facts about School Lunch and
School Meals
• National School Lunch Week
• School Lunch – What’s on Your Plate?
• Getting Involved
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School Lunch – The Facts
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31 million children served daily nationwide
95% of schools participate in NSLP
Our district’s School Lunch Program:
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School Lunch – The Facts
• School lunch is healthier than ever
• Kids are offered healthy, tasty and
appealing choices:
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Fresh fruits and vegetables
Whole grains
Reduced or zero TransFats
Salad Bars
Pizza with whole grain crust, low-fat cheese
Whole grain pasta
Baked items rather than fried
Healthful cooking/preparation techniques
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School Lunch – The Facts
• School lunch is balanced and healthy
- Lunches that are part of the National School Lunch Program
(NSLP) must meet nutrition guidelines including:
- limiting fat and saturated fat in meals
- providing one-third of the Recommended Dietary
Allowance (RDA) of protein, calcium, iron, and vitamins A
and C.
- NSLP lunches meet the dietary guidelines.
- NSLP lunches are served in age appropriate portion sizes
and provide the right balance of protein, dairy, whole grains,
fruits and vegetables.
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School Lunch – the Facts
• School lunch helps kids maintain a healthy
weight
– Students who eat school meals provided through the NSLP
are more likely to be at a healthy weight.*
– NSLP participants are more likely than non-participants to
consume vegetables, milk and milk products, and meat and
other protein-rich foods, both at lunch and over 24 hours;
they also consume less soda and/or fruit drinks.**
– This benefit is especially relevant for kids and their parents
in today’s climate of heightened awareness of obesity issue.
– Students are less likely to gain weight during the school year
when in school than during the summer when school is out.
*Source Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, August 2003
**Source USDA
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School Lunch – the Facts
• School meals help students to do better in
school
– Research has shown that students who eat school meals
perform their best academically.
– Students who eat school breakfast have greater gains in
standardized test scores and show improvements in math,
reading and vocabulary scores.*
– Healthy eating correlates with less trips to the school nurse
and less absenteeism.
– Providing nutritious school breakfast on testing days – and
every school day - leads to improved test scores.
*Source: Classroom Breakfast Scores High in Maryland, Maryland Meals for Achievement. October 2001
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School Lunch – the Facts
• School meals are safe
- USDA commodities used in the NSLP are safe and
part of a nutritious school lunch.
- School nutrition professionals have rigorous training in
food safety and have implemented a HACCP Plan.
- School kitchens are subject to two health inspections
annually conducted by the local health department.
- According to the Food and Drug Administration, school
kitchens are among the safest of commercial and
institutional foodservice establishments.
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National School Lunch Week
• National School Lunch Week
- Annual celebration of National School Lunch Program
(NSLP), using a fun theme
- Established by President John F. Kennedy in 1962
- Opportunity to highlight the important, positive role of
school lunch in our nation
• NSLW 2010 is October 11-15, 2010
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Key Message
Highlight the
importance of a
healthy and
balanced school
lunch in a
student's day.
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Campaign Theme
• What’s on your tray every day says a lot
about you!
– Personality Quiz based on favorite foods and
activities (online and paper format)
– Provides tips on eating healthy balanced
school lunches
• The campaign runs from August to
October 2010, culminating during NSLW
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Sample Personality Questions
• The best lunch of the year is being
served up in the cafeteria! What’s
your favorite school lunch?
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Tacos – veggie, beef or chicken it all works!
Spaghetti, it’s tasty and I need the energy boost.
I love to create my own custom sandwich.
Veggie Pizza, it’s a great all-rounder!
Vitamin and nutrient packed Chef Salad.
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Sample Personality Questions
• How do you use your lunch tray?
1. Lunch tray? People use those things?
2. Depends. Is it snowing outside? Because if it is, I’m
halfway down the hill already!
3. Did you say lunch tray? Because mine is always full.
4. I just love when it accidently matches my outfit.
5. Am I missing something? I put food on it. That’s
what it’s for.
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What’s Your School
Lunch Personality?
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What’s Your School
Lunch Personality?
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What’s Your School
Lunch Personality?
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What’s Your School
Lunch Personality?
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What’s Your School
Lunch Personality?
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Sample Personality
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www.WhatsOnYourTray.org
• The official “What’s on Your tray?” website
• “What’s on Your Tray?” Personality Quiz
– Nutrition information for kids
– Quiz results and statistics
• Memory Game
• Feedback Section
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Ideas For Our Schools
• Get your students to take the personality
quiz either online or in your cafeteria.
• Decorate the cafeteria with “What’s on
Your Plate?” themed materials available
from the SNA Emporium.
• Hold a “Dress Like your School Lunch
Personality” Day
• Invite parents and other special guests for
lunch during NSLW.
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Ideas For Our Schools
• Offer prizes to the classroom with the
highest participation during NSLW.
• Ask students to design artwork or write
essays about what their respective
personality means to them.
• Create a large tray on a bulleting board
and have your students fill the plate with
what make a meal balanced, creative or
strong for example.
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Getting Involved
• Parents
– Parents and school nutrition professionals share the
same goals:
• Well-balanced nutritious meals for their kids
• Creating healthy eating habits for life
– Parents are role models and influence what kids eat
– Encourage healthy eating and lifestyles at home for
you and your kids (actions speak louder than
words…)
– Create a “What’s on Your Tray” night at PTO or PTAs
– Visit www.whatsonyourtray.org with your kids, and
take the personality quiz
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Getting Involved
• Parents
– Review the cafeteria menu with your kids to help
them plan for a balanced meal
– Join your kids for school lunch during National
School Lunch Week or any time during the year
– Communicate any concerns or special diets your
kids may have
– Tell us what you think
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Getting Involved
• Teachers and School Administrators
– Visit the cafeteria during lunch
– Join students for lunch
– Encourage the school nutrition director to make
presentations to parents about the benefits of school
meals, a healthy lifestyle at PTA meetings and in the
classroom.
– Talk about the “What’s on Your Tray?” during assembly
– Teach kids about the benefits of eating a balanced diet
and being active using “What’s on Your Tray?” as a fun
example
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