School lunches ought to be

Nutrient Dense, Affordable and Appealing Rating a Variety of Vegetables Based On: Amount of Dietary Fiber, Potassium, Magnesium, and Vitamins A, C and K

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Price per Serving

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Frequency of Consumption amongst children

 

Fiber and potassium are some of the nutrients most lacking in the US diet

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vitamin a per penny

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Vitamin c per penny

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vitamin K per Penny

vegetables that are Fresh, frozen, and canned have

similar nutrient compositions and comparable quantities

of Nutrients per penny Designer: Dani Gilmour

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Dani Gilmour

Neighborhood Nutrition

Infographic

Article: Vegetable  Cost  Metrics  Show  That  Potatoes  and  Beans  Provide  Most  Nutrients  Per  Penny  By:  Adam  Drewnowski,  Colin  D.  Rehm      

Description: This  infographic  is  designed  for  parents  and  food  service  workers  involved  in  the  k-­‐12  education  system.  It  is  designed  to  inform  about  potential  vegetable  inclusion  in  school  lunches  in  a  compelling  enough  way  to  inspire  action  and  change  amongst  this  population.  It  does  not  specifically  say  that  lunches  must  include  beans  and  potatoes,  but  it  follows  the  rhetoric  of  the  article  by  suggesting  that  school  lunches  ought  to  be  nutritious,  affordable  and  accepted  by  children.  The  top  ranking  vegetables  are  then  grouped  and  listed  so  that  the  viewer  can  make  their  own  judgment  about  which  vegetables  to  include  in  school  lunches.      I  deliberately  did  not  include  specific  numbers  and  data  from  the  article  because  it  would  have  been  distracting  and  taken  up  too  much  space.  I  outlined  the  methodology  of  the  study  by  showing  which  qualities  of  each  vegetable  were  taken  into  account:  nutrient  profile,  price  and  frequency  eaten  by  children.  I  generalized  the  conclusion  by  focusing  on  table  three  in  the  article  showing  “median  and  mean  price  per  10%  Daily  Value  (DV)  of  single  nutrients  among  vegetables  consumed  5  or  more  times”.  As  the  most  important  finding,  I  emphasized  the  lentils,  beans  and  potatoes  by  visually  grouping  them,  pointing  at  them  with  arrows  and  writing  an  extra  description  about  their  nutrients’  importance  in  the  US  diet.  I  also  included  a  section  about  the  similarities  in  price  and  nutrient  composition  between  fresh,  frozen  and  canned  vegetables.