Evaluation of health and economic effects of United States school meal standards consistent with the 2020-2025 dietary guidelines for Americans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The current school meal nutrition standards, established in 2010, are not fully aligned with the 2020-2025 Dietary Guideline for Americans (DGA). This study evaluates the potential short-term and long-term health and economic benefits of strengthening the school meal standards on added sugars, sodium, and whole grains to be aligned with current guidelines.

Methods

We used comparative risk assessment frameworks based on nationally representative data incorporating current demographics, dietary habits, and risk factors of United States children aged 5-18 y from 3 cycles of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2013-2018). To estimate short-term impact, the model incorporated estimated dietary changes owing to potential new DGA-aligned school meal nut

SUBMITTER: Wang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10550836 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature