Presented by: Roger Kipp

Director of Food Services & Nutrition

School Meals: History & Culture

History of School Food Service1853 to Present

1853Children’s Aid Society

Surplus Commodities

1930’sNutritional

Value

1946National School Lunch Act

Congress enacted the National School Lunch Act as a “measure of national security, to safeguard the health and well-being of the Nation’s children.”

President Harry S. Truman signed the National School Lunch Act, which permanently

authorized the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). The legislation was passed in response

to concerns that "many American men had been rejected for World War II military service because of diet-related health problems." The youth of America is simply under-nourished.

• Brand

recognition

•Processed pre-

packed products.

•High in sugar, fats

and preservatives.

1960’sThe Commercialization of School

Lunch

1980’sExpanding Enrollments & Decreasing

Budgets

•President Regan cuts school-lunch budget by $1.5 billion.•Regan also eliminates grants to replace kitchen equipment.•The “Heat-n-Serve” kitchen is born!

Ms. Microwave

1990’sServe what sells!

Convenience foods take off!

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RESULTS: We fixed it!?!

The No. 1 reason people can’t join the military is that they’re overweight or obese, says a group of retired military leaders who are fighting for improved

childhood nutrition. They estimate that more than one in five young Americans is too heavy to enlist in the armed services.

PRESENT DAY

School Lunch Reform Movement

The No. 1 reason people can’t join the military is that they’re overweight or obese, says a group of retired military leaders who are fighting for improved childhood nutrition. They estimate that

more than one in five young Americans is too heavy to enlist in the armed services.