Food Waste in a School Nutrition Program After Implementation of New Lunch Program Guidelines |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Health and Human Development, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT;2. Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA;3. Montgomery County Public Schools, Christiansburg, VA;4. Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA;1. Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal;2. DGAOT, Faculty of Science, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal;1. Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts;2. Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts;3. Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts;4. Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts;5. Project Bread, Boston, Massachusetts;6. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts;7. Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts |
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ObjectiveTo assess the amount of food waste by meal components according to the new National School Lunch Program guidelines among pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students.MethodsFor 5 consecutive school days in 1 elementary school, the research team collected school lunch trays and separated meal components into bins relative to each food or beverage appearing on the school's daily menu. Bins were weighed in grams and converted to ounces and cups at the end of each lunch period.ResultsThe researchers examined 304 meals from 1 pre-kindergarten class and 5 kindergarten classes. Of 4,988 oz of food and beverages served, 2,261 oz (45.3%) were wasted during 1 full school week, totaling 141 lb. The greatest amount of food waste was generated from vegetables, the main entree, and milk, respectively.Conclusions and ImplicationsStrategies to reduce food waste in school lunch should be researched and implemented. |
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| Keywords: | National School Lunch Program food waste plate waste nutrition children |
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