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Overview of Recent Child Nutrition Studies and Legislative Actions – March 2007 Conference

This document provides insights from the March 2007 Legislative Action Conference related to child nutrition studies. It highlights ongoing and recently completed research, including the School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study (SNDA-III), evaluations of program integrity, access issues in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), and recent pilot projects like the Simplified Summer Food Program. It emphasizes the importance of data collection for assessing the nutritional quality of school meals and the implications for policy-making in childhood nutrition.

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Overview of Recent Child Nutrition Studies and Legislative Actions – March 2007 Conference

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  1. SNA Legislative Action Conference 2007March 5, 2007 FNS Research Update John Endahl, Senior Analyst Office of Analysis, Nutrition, and Evaluation

  2. Selected Ongoing or Recently Completed Child Nutrition Studies • Build A HealthierUS/Obesity Prevention • School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study (SNDA-III) • Improve Program Integrity • Data Matching in the NSLP: 2005 • School Lunch and Breakfast Meal Cost Study • NSLP/SBP Access, Participation, Eligibility and Certification Study (APEC) • Regional Office Review of Applications (RORA)

  3. Selected Ongoing or Recently Completed Child Nutrition Studies • Improve Program Access • Evaluation of the Simplified Summer Food Program Pilot 2001-2006 • Evaluation of Direct Verification Pilots • Pennsylvania SFSP Rural Eligibility Pilot Project

  4. School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study (SNDA – III) • Agency’s periodic assessment of the nutritional effects of school meals • Nationally representative study will examine: • SFA characteristics/operations • Participant characteristics • Nutritional quality of meals offered/served • Student dietary intakes and the contribution of school meals to these intakes

  5. School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study (SNDA – III) • National sample includes 129 public SFAs, 398 schools, and about 2,400 students • Data were collected in School Year 2004/05 • Final report expected in 2007

  6. Data Matching in the NSLP: 2005 • Examines the prevalence of computer matching and feasibility of expanding computer matching for certification and verification of children eligible for free and reduced-price meals • Data collection included were collected in 2004-05 through site visits, mail surveys of State Agencies and in-depth telephone interviews. • Final reports currently on FNS website.

  7. School Lunch and Breakfast Cost Study - II • Study will update estimates of the average costs of producing reimbursable school lunches and breakfasts using a direct measurement approach. • Study will also examine school districts indirect cost allocation • Data collection occurred in 122 school districts during School Year 2005/06. • Review of final annual financial statements occurred in Fall 2006 • Final report expected in early 2008.

  8. NSLP/SBP Access, Participation, Eligibility, & Certification Study (APEC) • This study is being undertaken to meet the requirements of the “Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-300) for estimating the extent of overpayments, underpayments and overall erroneous payments made under NSLP and SBP. • Program access issues including barriers and deterrence to participation will also be examined • Data were collected from a nationally sample of SFAs during School Year 2005/06. • Final Report expected in 2007.

  9. Regional Office Review of Applications (RORA) • Annual assessment of the administrative accuracy of SFA approval and benefit issuance for free/reduce-price meals based on household applications • Nationally representative sample: 56 Districts (8 per FNS region) • Data are currently being collected • Report in Fall 2007

  10. Links to published studies and reports and descriptions of ongoing studies are available from the FNS web site:http://www.fns.usda.gov/oane/

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