In 2017 and 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture proposed flexibilities to nutrition standards for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs. Published as part of a special issue in the journal Nutrients, this study presents findings from a content analysis of public comments posted to the Federal Register about the proposals.
Project: Implementation of School Meal Program Flexibilities
Citation
Moreland-Russell, S., Zimmermann, N., Gannon, J., Ferris, D., Alba, C., & Jacob, R. R. (2025). “Salt and Eat It or No Salt and Trash It?” Shifts in support for school meal program flexibilities in public comments. Nutrients, 17(5), Article 839. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17050839