Fed Regist. 2012 Jan 26;77(17):4088-167.
This final rule updates the meal patterns and nutrition standards for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs to align them with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. This rule requires most schools to increase the availability of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fat-free and low-fat fluid milk in school meals; reduce the levels of sodium, saturated fat and trans fat in meals; and meet the nutrition needs of school children within their calorie requirements. These improvements to the school meal programs, largely based on recommendations made by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, are expected to enhance the diet and health of school children, and help mitigate the childhood obesity trend.
本最终规则更新了全国学校午餐和学校早餐计划的膳食模式及营养标准，使其与《美国人膳食指南》保持一致。该规则要求大多数学校增加学校餐食中水果、蔬菜、全谷物以及无脂和低脂液态奶的供应；降低餐食中的钠、饱和脂肪和反式脂肪含量；并在热量需求范围内满足学童的营养需求。学校餐食计划的这些改进主要基于美国国家科学院医学研究所提出的建议，预计将改善学童的饮食和健康状况，并有助于缓解儿童肥胖趋势。
