Schools that implement tough nutrition standards for school snacks increase student meal participation and school revenue, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Public Health. Researchers at Yale’s Rudd Center analyzed six years of school lunch data from more than 900 public schools in Connecticut. The state began encouraging local school districts to meet stronger nutrition standards for school snacks in the 2006-2007 school year. They found that districts adopting these stricter standards saw 7% to 23% increases in middle and high school lunch participation and a slight decrease in elementary school lunch participation, compared to districts that did not adopt stricter competitive standards. In addition, researchers estimated that adopting the new standards resulted in roughly $30,000 in new revenue for an average district in the 2011-2012 school year.
Source: Rudd Center, 5/16/13, Nutrition Standards
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