NUSC 3230 Final Exam questions with
100% complete solutions
When was the National School Lunch Act passed, who signed it, and why was it initially created?
- correct answer ✔✔Passed in 1946 by President Truman to improve the health of the nation's
youth, as many had been rejected from the military in WWII due to diet-related health issues
During what decades did hunger and poverty become national priorities? - correct answer
✔✔1960s-1970s: old food assistance programs revised and new programs developed
As a result of these efforts, hunger was reduced until the 1980s when Reagan administration
reduced federal spending for these programs
How many different programs does the USDA Food and Nutrition Service implement? How
many Americans benefit? - correct answer ✔✔15 programs
Estimated to serve *1 in 4 Americans*
What 5 programs does 96% of federal funding for food assistance go to? - correct answer ✔✔1)
SNAP
2) NSLP (*2nd largest nutrition assistance program*)
3) WIC
4) School Breakfast Program
5) Child and Adult Care Food Program
What are the benefits of SNAP? - correct answer ✔✔-$56 billion saved in healthcare for 40
million people
,-long term health benefits
-less days off work
-economic stimulus through food purchases
-stimulates farm production/farm jobs
How do you qualify for SNAP? - correct answer ✔✔130% or less of poverty line + criteria
*entitlement program*
Eligibility based on:
-income
-household size
-assets (eliminated in 36 states)
-housing costs
-work requirements and other factors
How are benefits calculated for SNAP? - correct answer ✔✔Net income x 0.30 = *expected
expenditure on food*
(SNAP maximum monthly allotment) - *expected expenditure on food* = benefits
SNAP eligible vs ineligible items: - correct answer ✔✔Eligible:
-breads, cereals, fruits, vegetables, meats, fish, poultry, dairy products, seeds and plants which
produce food for the household to eat
Ineligible:
, -alcohol, tobacco, nonfood items, foods that will be eaten in the store, vitamins and medicines,
hot foods, pet foods
What are the guidelines for free or reduced price school lunches? - correct answer ✔✔Free
lunch- 130% or less of poverty
Reduced price- (185% or less of poverty)
What are some of the changes made to school lunch menus that resulted from the Healthy
Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010? - correct answer ✔✔-more fruit/vegetables; weekly requirement
for vegetable variety
-less meat/meat alternative depending on child age
-all grains whole by July 1, 2014
-milk can only be 1% or less
-sodium levels of less than 740 mg for grades 9-12 by July 1, 2022
When was the National School Breakfast Program established? - correct answer ✔✔-pilot
breakfast program est. in 1966 as a result of the Child Nutrition Act
-permanent program in 1975
-not as widespread as NSLP
What other child nutrition programs were created as a result of the 1966 Child Nutrition Act? -
correct answer ✔✔-After-School Snack Program
-Special Milk Program
-Summer Food Service Program for Children
-Child and Adult Care Food Program (designed to help child and adult daycare programs provide
meals for children up to age 12, the elderly, certain people with disabilities)
100% complete solutions
When was the National School Lunch Act passed, who signed it, and why was it initially created?
- correct answer ✔✔Passed in 1946 by President Truman to improve the health of the nation's
youth, as many had been rejected from the military in WWII due to diet-related health issues
During what decades did hunger and poverty become national priorities? - correct answer
✔✔1960s-1970s: old food assistance programs revised and new programs developed
As a result of these efforts, hunger was reduced until the 1980s when Reagan administration
reduced federal spending for these programs
How many different programs does the USDA Food and Nutrition Service implement? How
many Americans benefit? - correct answer ✔✔15 programs
Estimated to serve *1 in 4 Americans*
What 5 programs does 96% of federal funding for food assistance go to? - correct answer ✔✔1)
SNAP
2) NSLP (*2nd largest nutrition assistance program*)
3) WIC
4) School Breakfast Program
5) Child and Adult Care Food Program
What are the benefits of SNAP? - correct answer ✔✔-$56 billion saved in healthcare for 40
million people
,-long term health benefits
-less days off work
-economic stimulus through food purchases
-stimulates farm production/farm jobs
How do you qualify for SNAP? - correct answer ✔✔130% or less of poverty line + criteria
*entitlement program*
Eligibility based on:
-income
-household size
-assets (eliminated in 36 states)
-housing costs
-work requirements and other factors
How are benefits calculated for SNAP? - correct answer ✔✔Net income x 0.30 = *expected
expenditure on food*
(SNAP maximum monthly allotment) - *expected expenditure on food* = benefits
SNAP eligible vs ineligible items: - correct answer ✔✔Eligible:
-breads, cereals, fruits, vegetables, meats, fish, poultry, dairy products, seeds and plants which
produce food for the household to eat
Ineligible:
, -alcohol, tobacco, nonfood items, foods that will be eaten in the store, vitamins and medicines,
hot foods, pet foods
What are the guidelines for free or reduced price school lunches? - correct answer ✔✔Free
lunch- 130% or less of poverty
Reduced price- (185% or less of poverty)
What are some of the changes made to school lunch menus that resulted from the Healthy
Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010? - correct answer ✔✔-more fruit/vegetables; weekly requirement
for vegetable variety
-less meat/meat alternative depending on child age
-all grains whole by July 1, 2014
-milk can only be 1% or less
-sodium levels of less than 740 mg for grades 9-12 by July 1, 2022
When was the National School Breakfast Program established? - correct answer ✔✔-pilot
breakfast program est. in 1966 as a result of the Child Nutrition Act
-permanent program in 1975
-not as widespread as NSLP
What other child nutrition programs were created as a result of the 1966 Child Nutrition Act? -
correct answer ✔✔-After-School Snack Program
-Special Milk Program
-Summer Food Service Program for Children
-Child and Adult Care Food Program (designed to help child and adult daycare programs provide
meals for children up to age 12, the elderly, certain people with disabilities)
