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School Breakfast Program
Published on AidPage by IDILOGIC on Jun 24, 2005
Program accomplishments...
The number of schools and children participating in the breakfast program has been increasing. In fiscal year 2000, 1,296 million breakfasts were served, 84.2 percent to needy children. Since 1995, school breakfasts have been required to provide, over a school week, 1/4 of the Recommended Dietary Allowances for Key Nutrients and 1/4 of the calories needed by growing children. They also must conform to the recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, including limitations on calories from fat (no more than 30 percent of total calories) average over a school week and saturated fat (less than 10 percent of total calories).
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