Hot Lunch Facts
How is Hot Lunch Different
Good Eats
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Proper Portions
100
This percentage of high schools sell fast food.
What is 30%?
100
One of these two food groups must be taken at hot lunch.
What is Fruit or Vegetable?
100
A healthy snack has this many food groups.
What is 2 food groups. A healthy snack has a serving of carbohydrate (Grain, Vegetable, OR Fruit) with a serving of Protein.
100
This drink must be served in an 8-ounce (1 Cup) portion at lunch.
What is Milk?
100
The serving size for fruit and vegetable.
What is 1/2 cup?
200
President Harry Truman started the National School Lunch Program in 1946. This many students received hot lunch in Wisconsin through this program in 2013.
What is 92,857,680 lunches were serving in Wisconsin in 2013 and 5,098,000,000 lunches were served across the country in 2013.
200
The minimum daily portion for grains at breakfast is this quantity.
What is 1 ounce?
200
Broccoli belongs to this vegetable sub-group. Hint: What color is it?
What is the Dark Green Vegetable group.
200
One serving of 100% juice has this many teaspoons of sugar.
What is 3 teaspoons, or 13g of sugar?
200
A serving of grain, such as 1 slice of bread, 1/2 cup cooked pasta, or 1/3 cup cooked Rice, is equal to this measurement.
What is 1 ounce?
300
This is the most popular reason why people dislike the school lunch program.
What is that the program is not funded enough, so the food is processed, cheap and not very nutritious. The current budget for the school lunch program is $9 billion.
300
This does not change whether you (the child) chooses 3, 4 or 5 food items at lunch.
What is the price?
300
Butternut squash belongs to this vegetable sub-group. Hint: What color is it?
What is the red/orange vegetable group?
300
This is a daily serving of 100% juice.
What is 1/2 cup (4-ounces) per day?
300
The minimum daily serving size for this food group at lunch is 2 ounces.
What is the Grain group?
400
This percentage of snacks served at schools would be considered unhealthy choices.
What is 85%?
400
True or False: The amount of sodium (salt) in hot lunch will be increased over time.
What is False? The amount of salt in hot lunch will be decreased over time. The ultimate goal is to have less than 640-740 mg of salt in hot lunch.
400
These vegetables may be counted as either a vegetable, a meat, or a meat alternative (vegetarian option).
What are beans, peas and legumes?
400
This is the best beverage for all ages.
What is plain water.
400
Kids who are in kindergarten through 8th grade must be offered vegetables in this portion size.
What is 3/4 cup?
500
True or False: A study by the University of Minnesota (2009) found that school lunch sales did not decrease when the food is healthy.
What is True?
500
Schools must serve this many whole grain items at breakfast and lunch.
What is half?
500
A healthy meal has at least this many food groups.
What is 3 food groups? A healthy meal has 1 serving of grain, protein, and a fruit or a vegetable.
500
There are this many teaspoons of added sugar in 1 cup (1 carton) chocolate milk.
What is 3 teaspoons, or 12 grams of added sugar.
500
This is one serving of protein for a preschooler.
What is 1-2 ounces? 1-2 ounces of protein looks like 1/2 deck of cards.