School Nutrition Services (SNS) Research

Publication: Cambridge University

Date Published: February 2015

Reference:

Davis, J. N., Spaniol, M. R., & Somerset, S. (2015). Sustenance and sustainability: maximizing the impact of school gardens on health outcomes. Public Health Nutrition, 18(13), 2358–2367. doi:10.1017/S1368980015000221

Key Takeaways: The Healthy Hungry Free Kids Act (HHFKA) was enacted in 2010 and aimed to improve the nutrition quality of school meals by increasing servings of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, with limitations on calories, saturated fat, and sodium. HHFKA's implementation would also reduce obesity rates in children in poverty substantially each year. .Finally, HHFKA allowed the community eligibility provision to enable children to access free school meals, leading to more school meal programs. Future implications are to allow access to free school meals for all students and implement nutrition standards across all schools.

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