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After 2012, children who ate school-provided foods were more likely to consume whole grains

  • by Joanne Guthrie, Biing-Hwan Lin and Travis A. Smith
  • 9/14/2023
  • Diet Quality & Nutrition
Two line charts showing the probability that U.S. school foods would include whole grains and the amount children ate as part of school foods from 1994 to 2018.

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Whole-grain intakes in 2017-2018 remained far below that of refined grains despite 2005 Federal recommendations that half of grains consumed be whole grains. Beginning 2013–14, children’s diets were significantly more whole-grain dense than before, following 2012 requirement that USDA school meals include whole grains.

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