Activity

Review of Child and Adult Care Food Program Meal Requirements

Type:

Consensus Study

Topic(s):

Food and Nutrition

Board(s):

Food and Nutrition Board

Activity Description

The Institute of Medicine has undertaken a study to review and provide recommendations to update the meal requirements for the United States Department of Agriculture’s Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). The committee is reviewing and assessing the nutritional needs of the target populations based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the Dietary Reference Intakes and using that review as a basis for recommending revisions to the meal requirements.  The goal is the development of well-conceived, practical, and economical recommendations that reflect current nutritional science, increase the availability of key food groups as appropriate, and allow the program to effectively meet the nutritional needs of the children and adults served.