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This Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics position was adopted by the House of Delegates Leadership Team on October 16, 1994 and reaffirmed September 12, 1999; May 9, 2007; and March 2013. The Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior Board of Directors approved the paper on November 16, 1994 and reaffirmed on May 28, 2017 and January 2, 2018. The School Nutrition Association Board of Directors approved the paper on June 10, 2010 and November 20, 2017. This position is in effect until December 31, 2025. Position papers should not be used to indicate endorsement of products or services. All requests to use portions of the position or republish in its entirety must be directed to the Academy at [email protected] .
Authors: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Dayle Hayes, MS, RD (Nutrition for the Future, Inc, Billings, MT); Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior: Isobel R. Contento, PhD (Teachers College Columbia University, New York, NY); School Nutrition Association: Carol Weekly, RD, SNS (Queen Creek Unified School District, AZ).
STATEMENT OF POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST Dayle Hayes has had consultancies with the US Department of Agriculture, multiple state departments of education and agriculture, American Egg Board, California Walnuts, National Dairy Council and state/regional dairy councils, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and state beef councils, National Peanut Board, Potatoes USA, The Mushroom Council, US Highbush Blueberry Council, Clif Bar, Barilla USA, and General Mills. No potential conflict of interest was reported by the other authors.
FUNDING SUPPORT The authors received no funding for this article.
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Reviewers: Feon Cheng, PhD, MPH, RDN, CHTS-CP (Academy Research, International, and Scientific Affairs, Chicago, IL); Jennifer Folliard, MPH, RDN (formerly with Academy Policy Initiatives & Advocacy, Washington DC); Joan Giampaoli, PhD, RDN (California State University, Chico, CA); Samantha Kimball, MPH, RDN (SK Nutrition Inc, Chicago, IL); Melissa Pflugh Prescott, PhD, RDN (Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO); Management in Food and Nutrition Systems dietetic practice group (Barbara J. Pyper, MS, RD, SNS, FCSI, FAND, An Apple a Day, LLC, Seattle, WA); Marlene Schwartz, PhD, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Hartford, CT); Public Health/Community Nutrition dietetic practice group (Sally Squires, MS, Powell Tate, Washington, DC).
Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior Reviewers: Laura Bellows, PhD, MPH, RDN (Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO); Meg Bruening, PhD, MPH, RD (Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ); Virginia C. Stage, PhD, RDN, LDN (East Carolina University Greenville, NC).
School Nutrition Association Reviewers: Carolyn Bednar, PhD, RDN (Texas Woman’s University Denton, TX); Maria Hall, MS, RD, LDN, SNS (Walpole Public Schools, Walpole MA); Deborah S. Taylor, RDN, LD, SNS (Oklahoma City Public Schools, Oklahoma City. OK); Sandra Voss, MS, RDN, SNS (Marquardt School District 15, Glendale Heights, IL).
Academy Positions Committee Workgroup: Penny E. McConnell, MS, RDN, SNS (retired) (chair); Valaree M. Williams, MS, RDN, CSO, (University of Colorado Health System, Aurora, CO); Mary Kay Meyer, PhD, RD, FAND (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL) (content advisor).
We thank the reviewers for their many constructive comments and suggestions. The reviewers were not asked to endorse this position or the supporting paper.
