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DCCU4ENT RESUME
03965 - [B27940171
The National School Luitch Progra,. B-189930. Sept, mber 30, 1977.
11 pp. + enclos-ire (12 pp.).
Testimony before the Setiato Slect Committee on Natrition and
Human Needs; by Dean K. Crowther, Deputy Director, Program
Analysis Div.
Issue Area: Food: Dcaestic Feeding Programs for School Children
and the Poor (1710).
Contact: Program Analysis Div.
Budget Function: Health: Preventicr and Control of Health
Problems (553).
Organizaticn Concerned: Department of Agriculture.
Congressional Relevance: Senate Select Committee on Nutrition
and Human Needs.
Authority: Transportation Act of S140, as amended (49 U.S.C.
66). Budget and Accounting Act [of] 1921 (31 U.S.C. 49; 31
U.S.C. 66). 4 C.F.R. 52.3.
One purpose of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP)
is to safeguard schcalchild health by improving or maintaining
levels of nutrition. A specified ftod pattern is required for
the Type A Lunch which is expected tc provide cne-third of a
child's daily nutritional needs. The program can help to reduce
problei. arising frcm malnutrition, but research is needed to
extend knowledge of eiffects of nutrition on health. The
Department of Agriculture has not ccmpleted a satisfactory
evaluation of NSLP's impact on schoolchild health. NSLP is an
important part of nourishment for zany childrer but, because of
the diversity of nutritional problems, the standard lunch may
not be the best approach. The present Type A pattern for lunches
cannot be relied upcn to provide one-third of a child's
recommended dietary allowance. Less than 60% of clildren
enrolled in VSLP schools participate in the prcgrak, and about
15% of lunches bought are thrown away. The Secretary of
Agriculture should: conduct a study to determine nutritional
standards to safeguard health, prescribe meal requirements in
terms of nutritional standards, and promote nutrition education.
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