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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri><STRONG>Schools are faced with the challenge of providing healthy, affordable, acceptable foods to all students! Please provide your comments before the April 13th deadline!</STRONG> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri><BR></FONT>You have until Wednesday, <STRONG>April 13th</STRONG> to submit comments (support or suggested changes) on the proposed rule to update the nutrition standards for meals served through the National School Lunch and Breakfast programs as part of the healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>To comment, click on the link in the <EM>Action for Healthy Kids</EM> email below. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>The comments from Oregon's Department of Education Nutrition Services are attached, and the <EM>Action for Healthy Kids'</EM> email contains partner websites with additional examples of sample comments.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Please do not miss this opportunity!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>>>> "Amy Moyer, MPH, RD, Director of Field Operations" <info@actionforhealthykids.org> 4/8/2011 8:33 AM >>><BR>
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<P>Each school day more than 32 million kids have breakfast or lunch at school. Thousands of Action for Healthy Kids volunteers made their voices heard in Congress last year by signing our Petition for Healthier Schools and Kids.</P>
<P>If you want to continue to show your support for healthier lunch and breakfast at school you can provide comments to the USDA on their proposed rules, Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. Follow this <A href="http://take.actionforhealthykidsorg/site/R?i=rmv3sABX0gY2Wy0Wh8vZ4Q.." target=_blank>link</A> to learn how to make comments. The deadline is April 13.</P>
<P>In short, these rules would require school meal programs to:</P>
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<LI>Increase the number of servings of fruits and vegetables served with meals, with an emphasis on a greater variety of vegetables and fewer starchy vegetables;
<LI>Ensure all grains served in the school lunch and breakfast programs are rich in whole grains;
<LI>Serve milk that is fat-free or low-fat; and
<LI>Lower sodium in meals over time. </LI></UL>
<P>In addition, training and technical assistance would be provided to help schools implement the meal changes by the start of the 2012 school year; and schools would be regularly reviewed to assess compliance with the new nutrition standards.</P>
<P>You can visit the websites of several Action for Healthy Kids' partners for information or sample comments, or check out any of the following resources:<BR>1. Food Action Resource Center - <A href="http://take.actionforhealthykids.org/site/R?i=IMKFIRJcnJ06FpzDXfr4Qw..">www.frac.org</A><BR>2. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - <A href="http://take.actionforhealthykids.org/site/R?i=MEyUvAgCTQtrbR8xBL8Ssw..">www.rwjf.org</A><BR>3. United States Department of Agriculture - <A href="http://take.actionforhealthykids.org/site/R?i=O18Zsc7aCIjhoAbwiPOmKQ..">www.usda.fns.gov</A></P>
<P>Federal Register, Volume 76, No. 9. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, 7 CFR Parts 210 and 220, [FNS-2007-0038], RIN 0584-AD59, Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. Available at <A href="http://take.actionforhealthykids.org/site/R?i=6D84i_JlMPRirtQZaqrY6Q..">http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/governance/regulations/2011-01-13.pdf</A>.</P>
<P>U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service. National School Lunch Program. Available at: <A href="http://take.actionforhealthykids.org/site/R?i=8aw6l9Df9YBMmLu7Iu30IA..">http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Lunch/AboutLunch/NSLPFactSheet.pdf</A>.</P>
<P>U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service. The School Breakfast Program. Available at: <A href="http://take.actionforhealthykids.org/site/R?i=8sr-x8W1P57Xga7bcHkLWg..">http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Breakfast/AboutBFast/SBPFactSheet.pdf</A>.</P>
<P>U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010. 7th Edition, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, December 2010.</P>
<P>IOM (Institute of Medicine). 2009. School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.</P><IMG src="cid:BXUNHZQGTPFO.IMAGE." width=1 height=1> </TD></TR>
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<P><BR>Jennifer Young, MPH, RD<BR>Nutrition and Physical Activity Coordinator<BR>Office of Family Health<BR>Public Health Division, DHS<BR>800 NE Oregon St., Ste. 805<BR>Portland, OR 97232<BR>telephone: (971) 673-0245<BR>fax: (971) 673-0240<BR>jennifer.l.young@state.or.us <BR><BR></P>
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