ABSTRACT
This chapter presents informal data from a study conducted with a group of 15 low incomes culturally marginalized female and male students ages 13-18. It then discusses the issue of the global production and targeted distribution of food/nutrition. The control of food quality and access in communities and schools in the US in relation to race/social class is then considered. Also investigated is how the impacts children in terms of growth, development, and learning. Although school food programs continuously struggle with such pressure to compete with unhealthy food alternatives, the School Breakfast Program (SBP) and National School Lunch Program (NSLP) literally provide school children from low income families with nutrients vital to their health and well-being. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) shapes the policies that guide US food production and distribution, both domestically and globally, including US nutrition education guidelines designed for the general US population and used widely with school children.
