Children's Diets in the Mis-1990s: Dietary Intake and Its Relationship withSchool Meal Participation. Special Nutrition Programs

摘要

Childrens diets may influence their lives in a variety of ways, includingaffecting their growth, health outcomes, and cognitive development. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has developed several nutrition programs to promote healthy eating among children, including the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the School Breakfast Program (SBP). This report is the first of two reports on the nutrition of children using findings from the analysis of the 1994-1996 Continuing Survey of Food Intake by Individuals (CSFII). The key objectives of the overall study are to describe the diets of school-aged U.S. children as of the mid-1990s, examine relationships between childrens participation in the school meal programs and their dietary intake, and examine changes in intake between the periods 1989-1991 and 1994-1996. This first report describes childrens mean food and nutrient intake, reports the percentage meeting various dietary standards, and compares the diets of participants and nonparticipants in the school meal programs. A second report focuses on changes between the early and mid-1990s in the dietary intake of children.