What organization regulates the required portion sizes served in school?

USDA

Schools are audited on this process every.. how many years?

5 years

Breakfast must meet __ of the calories for a child and __ of the RDAs for protein, calcium, iron, vit A & vit C.

This is based on a weekly average

1/4; 1/4

What is a calorie?

- a unit of energy

- almost all food have calories

- we need energy to survive

- # of colories in a food is a measure of how much potential energy a food has

How many calories in 1 gram of carbohydrate, protein and fat.. Individually?

1 gram of carb = 4 calories

1 gram of protein = 4 calories

1 gram of fat = 9 calories

___ is low calories

___ is moderate calories

___ or more is high calories

40

100

400

% daily value based on a 2000 cal diet

___ % DV is less is low

___ % DV or more is high

5 %

20%

Sodium limit

limit to 2400 mg = 1 tsp

How many grams of fiber do we need a day for a 2000 cal diet?

28