OCR Text |
Show NEXT WEEK IS NATIONAL 'SCHOOL LUNCH WEEK The nation's largest single food service operation will be highlighted next week, Oct. 8 to 14, as schools throeighout th- nation observe National School Lunch Week. During this period per-iod the theme "School Lunch Teaches Good Food Habits" will be emphasized. This year's observance will mark the 21st anniversary of the national school lunch program, pro-gram, which was established to protect the health and well-being well-being of the nation's children, and is an outstanding example of local-state-federal cooperation. coopera-tion. More than 19 million children are served each day in schools participating in the federal program, and 150,000 in the Utah program. Schools participating in the program serve meals which provide at least one-third of the child's daily minimum nutrition requirements. According Ac-cording to educators and nutritionists nutri-tionists .there is a direct relationship rela-tionship between a child's eating eat-ing habtis and his ability to learn. The school lunch program pro-gram not only supplies nutri-cious nutri-cious food but is also a study in nutrition education. |