SERVED INDUSTRY ADVERTORIAL CONTENT FROM INDUSTRY LEADERS
TOMATO PASTE PRODUCTS PACK LYCOPENE, POWERFUL ANTIOXIDANT IN NSLP CREDITABLE SERVING SIZES
M ost School Nutrition Stakeholders have always put “Nutrition” first while delicately balancing the act of ensuring student acceptability. One of the reasons we do that is to be an integral part of the “Well- ness Warrior” school support team. True “wellness” supports the “whole” child; our role focuses on providing the critically important nutritional elements in their daily meals: from breakfast to lunch and often supper. However, to reach maximum wellness, we must ensure that students consume the products that we work so hard to manufacture and carefully prepare. If you look at the history of the USDA Food Buying Guide (FBG) 1 , dating back to 1913, more than 100 years ago, it focused on providing guidance and selection of “protective foods” and at that time there were 7 Food Groups, later condensed to the Basic 4 Food Groups in the late 50’s. It was only in 1980 that the first Dietary Guidelines for Americans was released, further detailing daily nutritional requirements and recommendations. Fast forward to 2005, just 20 years ago, they finally added “physical activity” to the food pyramid.
BY JODI BATTEN, SNS
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