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EFFECT OF NEW SODIUM REGULATIONS ON NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM MEAL CONSUMPTION OF MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN A NORTHEASTERN OHIO SCHOOL DISTRICT

Retzer, Barbara J
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1428788827

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2015, MS, Kent State University, College of Education, Health and Human Services / School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration.
The United States Department of Agriculture and the National School Lunch Program sets regulations to participating school districts to provide healthy meals to the students. The first of three new sodium regulations was implemented in the 2014-2015 academic school year with the maximum target sodium level set at 1360 milligrams for a lunch meal. This study examined whether the new sodium guidelines affected the student consumption on selected entre'es using plate waste pre-food and post-food photographs. Data was collected in a Northeastern Ohio middle school over three days in fall 2014 during lunch. A one-way ANOVA and independent t-tests were used to test for statistical differences. Four entre'es and their individual components were examined. The only significant difference in consumption between days of data collection was found for the pizza sticks. There was also no significant difference between the production sales of each entre'e for the current academic fall menu cycle as compared to the same time period of the previous academic year. The new sodium regulations were not found to affect student consumption in this study. An important limitation to this study was the discovery, following the data collection, that few changes in the sodium content of the foods actually occurred in light of unanticipated adjustments to the standardized recipes. This study does highlight challenges anticipated when lower sodium levels are implemented in upcoming years.
Barbara Scheule (Advisor)
Natalie Caine-Bish (Committee Member)
Ning Kuang Chuang (Committee Member)
86 p.
Food Science; Management; Nutrition
sodium; school; lunch; National School Lunch Program; plate waste; management; food service; photography; regulations

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  • Retzer, B. J. (2015). EFFECT OF NEW SODIUM REGULATIONS ON NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM MEAL CONSUMPTION OF MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN A NORTHEASTERN OHIO SCHOOL DISTRICT [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1428788827

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Retzer, Barbara. EFFECT OF NEW SODIUM REGULATIONS ON NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM MEAL CONSUMPTION OF MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN A NORTHEASTERN OHIO SCHOOL DISTRICT. 2015. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1428788827.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Retzer, Barbara. "EFFECT OF NEW SODIUM REGULATIONS ON NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM MEAL CONSUMPTION OF MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN A NORTHEASTERN OHIO SCHOOL DISTRICT." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1428788827

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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