This amount has decreased 6 percent from 1996. The food stamp program accounts for 60 percent of all USDA food-assistance expenditures. I also learned more about the school lunch program. There are more than 26 million children that participate in the National School Lunch Program every day. This program ensures that children get the proper nutrition that they need for at least one or two meals a day.
Some schools only offer the free lunch program while others also offer breakfast.
I also found out that the WIC program is the third largest food-assistance program in the United States. This article opened my eyes to more of the programs that are out there and the way that they help the needy. Next, I went to an article out of the Journal of Nutrition by John Milner and Richard Allison. This article talked about how important fat intake is on children. It said that all of the food assistance programs in the United States included enough fat in the menus to keep children healthy.