A Model for Improving Diet Quality within Child Nutrition Programs: The U.S. Army's Child and Youth Services Healthy Menu Initiative.

ABSTRACT: The U.S. Army's Child, Youth, and School Services (CYS), which has the capacity to serve more than 70,000 meals/snacks per day, is a geographically dispersed system with facilities worldwide. This case report is a description and evaluation of the implementation of a major food program initiative within the CYS system. In collaboration with Kansas State University, the Healthy Menu Initiative was established to standardize the system's menus, reflect the guidance contained within the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and take into account the Child and Adult Care Food Program regulations that went into effect on 1 October 2017. Food storage space, food service equipment, product availability, food safety considerations, and staff shortages have all proven to be challenges in the

SUBMITTER: Hanson J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7216194 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature