The School lunch program and diets of students in Alaska
Publisher: Human Nutrition Information Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Hyattsville, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 49
Subjects: Nutrition; Food; School lunch; School children; Nutritive value; Nutrient intake; Children; National school lunch program
Description: Abstract: A technical report compares 208 schoolday intakes by students who reported purchasing/receiving a complete plate lunch at school on a given day with 870 schoolday intakes by students not reporting the purchase/receipt of such a lunch. Comparative data are statistically summaried for: the nutritional quality of the lunch; the nutritional quality of the day's intake; and the contribution of the lunch to the day's intake. Data are organized by sex, age group, household income, and whether the lunch was full-price, free, or reduced-price. The data were taken from the 1977-78 Nationwide Food Consumption Survey for Alaska.
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Chiefly tables.

"January 1985."

"HNIS (Adm.) 374."

Includes bibliographical references.