TABLE S-2, Options for Standards for Meals as Selected by the Student under the Offer Versus Serve Provision of P.L. 94-105a - School Meals

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TABLE S-2Options for Standards for Meals as Selected by the Student under the Offer Versus Serve Provision of P.L. 94-105^a

	Number of Items the Student May Decline and Required Items
	Breakfast	Lunch
1. Preferred	One item^b may be declined, must take at least one fruit or juice	Two items may be declined, must take at least one fruit or vegetable
2. Alternative	Two items may be declined, must take at least one fruit or juice	Three items may be declined, must take at least one fruit or vegetable

: NOTE: Options are provided for consideration by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, working cooperatively with state educational agencies and with participation by local educational agencies and student to develop new regulations.
a: Under current traditional food-based menu planning standards, high school students are required to take 3 out of 4 (or 5) food items at breakfast and 3 out of 5 food items at lunch. Offer versus serve is optional for elementary and middle schools.
b: A specific food offered in the specified portion sizes that will meet the recommended as offered Meal Standards.

From: Summary

School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children.

Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Nutrition Standards for National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs; Stallings VA, West Suitor C, Taylor CL, editors.

Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2010.

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TABLE S-2Options for Standards for Meals as Selected by the Student under the Offer Versus Serve Provision of P.L. 94-105a

TABLE S-2Options for Standards for Meals as Selected by the Student under the Offer Versus Serve Provision of P.L. 94-105^a