This Health Impact Assessment from Healthy Eating Research connects existing research on school nutrition and health with the forthcoming policy opportunities to align school meal nutrition standards with the 2020-2025 DGA.1 It examines the potential impacts as a result of changes to the nutritional quality of school meals on school meal participation, student dietary consumption, students’ health and wellbeing, and academic performance.
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Health Impact Assessment on Changes to School Nutrition Standards
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Policy Change at All Levels Improve Kids’ Health
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