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The article “Sugar in School Breakfasts: A School District’s Perspective” aims to provide
Houston’s Independent School District (ISD) Nutrition Services' perspective regarding sugar in
breakfast (Lengyel et al., 2015). Moreover, the source presents the difficulties and interventions
undertaken to offer learners with healthy breakfasts. By elaborating on Houston’s ISD situation,
the article aims to give an insight into the circumstances facing similar organizations across the
United States (U.S.). According to the source, the main reason behind high sugar content in
breakfast is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) additional breakfast requirements, the
Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act (HHFKA), which obliges schools to provide one cup of milk, an
ounce of whole grain, and a cup of fruit, daily (Lengyel et al., 2015). The article also explains
that high sugar content is present in breakfast due to breakfast service calculations and budgetary
constraints caused by the new breakfast regulations.
The authors explain that HHFKA guidelines cause high sugar in breakfast since these
regulations lead to meals that provide a higher percentage of calories from carbohydrates.
According to the source, carbohydrates contain high amounts of sugars. On this matter, the
article explains that the minimum and maximum calories for fifth graders should range between
350 and 500 calories (Lengyel et al., 2015). It further states that health professionals recommend
that 45 percent of these calories come from carbohydrates, which is not the case since milk,
whole grain, and fruits are mainly carbohydrate-based calorie providers.
