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Nutrition Education
Introduction
Good nutrition and good education go hand in hand. Well-nourished children have higher test scores, better school attendance, and fewer classroom behavior problems. Research shows that knowledge and skills children learn today help them choose healthier foods tomorrow and into adulthood.
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Jefferson County Public Schools Meets the
USDA's HealthierUS School Challenge !!!
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Jefferson County Public Schools is proud to salute 49 elementary schools that have achieved the United States Department of Agriculture's HealthierUS Gold Award status during the spring semester of 2005. Eleven (11) additional schools have met the criteria and submitted documentation for the award during the 2006 spring semester. The criteria includes: at least 70% of their students must participate in the lunch program, have scheduled Physical Education and Nutrition Education available to students, provide healthy menus with fresh fruits & vegetables and whole grain bread options every day. See a complete list of the HeathierUS certified schools in this section.
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Challenge Schools (pdf) - Healthier US Challenge Schools list.
Guidelines and Policies
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Nutrition Data and Education
Breakfast consists of three items. Milk and juice are always available, along with choice of cereal, toast, muffin, scramble eggs, sausage, biscuit and sweet rolls. Students must select a minimum of two breakfast items. Breakfast meets one-fourth of the Recommended Dietary Allowance for calories, protein, calcium, iron, vitamins A and C and iron.
Lunch menus are planned to meet The Dietary Guidelines for Americans and student preferences are considered also.
Jefferson County Public Schools uses Nutrient Standard Menu Planning or NuMenus when planning breakfast and lunch menus. Menus are planned and analyzed for nutritional content. Over a one week period, the nutritional requirements for students, based on their age and/or grade, must be met for calories, protein, calcium, vitamins A and C, iron; fat should be no more than 30% of calories and no more than 10% of calories from saturated fat.
Lunch consists of three menu items. An entrée, choice of one or two fruits and vegetables and 1% flavored or unflavored milk are available. Students are encouraged to select a complete lunch, however, under federal regulations, an entrée plus one additional item is considered a complete meal.
A la carte items are available to those students wanting to purchase an extra item.
Nutrition information for menu and ala carte items are listed in the following tables. Product data provided by manufacturers.
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