FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 703-739-3900 ext 124 School Lunch at
Sixty: Promoting Healthy Eating Habits ALEXANDRIA, Va. (June 5,
2006) – This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of the National
School Lunch Program and the School Nutrition Association. Both
began in 1946 and share the goal of ensuring that America’s
school children receive healthy school meals. When the National
School Lunch Act was signed into law by president Harry Truman
on June 4, 1946, Truman remarked, "no nation is any healthier
than its children." In a later speech on the same subject,
Truman said "The well nourished school child is a better
student. He is healthier and more alert. He is developing good
food habits that will benefit him for the rest of his life. In
short, he is a better asset for his country in every way." That
same year the National School Cafeteria Association and the
Conference of Food Service Directors merged to become the School
Food Service Association. In 2004 the Association changed its
name to the School Nutrition A