NTR 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, The Pew Charitable Trusts

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Students throw away less food with new healthier. After the u. s. department of agriculture"s healthier school meal standards went into effect, students ate more fruit and threw away less of their entrees and vegetables than before the changes, according to a study published today in childhood obesity. The study was led by the rudd center for food policy and obesity at the university of connecticut and funded by the robert wood johnson foundation and the eunice kennedy shriver national institute of child health and. It is among the rst studies to reliably measure student consumption of entrees, fruits, vegetables, and milk during lunch before and after the healthier standards took effect. Contrary to concerns about increased food waste following the initial implementation of the updated standards, this study shows that students are throwing away less food now than they were before the standards were in place.

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