Join Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) on June 9 from 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET for Making Time To Eat: A Review of State Policies and Guidance on School Mealtime Duration.
Short school lunch periods are linked to significantly lower consumption of school meals and increased plate waste. To promote nutrition and reduce food waste, experts, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), recommend students receive, at minimum, 20 minutes of seated time at lunch or a 30-minute lunch period total, and 10 minutes of seated time at breakfast, known as sufficient time to eat (TTE). Currently, no federal policies requiring minimum meal-period durations for schools exist, but minimum mealtimes are sometimes mandated at the state or district level.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) conducted a scan to establish the prevalence of state-level policies and guidance on sufficient TTE in schools in all 50 states and the District of Columbia (D.C.). Join us for a presentation by the authors of our latest report: Making Time To Eat: A Review of State Policies and Guidance on School Mealtime Duration.
This event is hosted as a part of CSPI’s Resource Hub Training Series. We invite organizations and community advocates to join us, as we at CSPI learn alongside our partners and community at large to build power and share knowledge across disciplines on a myriad of social, economic, and environmental justice issues.
Este seminario virtual será en inglés y lo ofreceremos con interpretación y traducción al español en tiempo real.