After 2012, children who ate school-provided foods were more likely to consume whole grains
- by Joanne Guthrie, Biing-Hwan Lin and Travis A. Smith
- 9/14/2023
![Two line charts showing the probability that U.S. school foods would include whole grains and the amount children ate as part of school foods from 1994 to 2018.](https://ers.usda.gov/sites/default/files/_laserfiche/Charts/107354/WholeGrains-Fig05.png)
Whole-grain intakes in 2017-2018 remained far below that of refined grains despite 2005 Federal recommendations that half of grains consumed be whole grains. Beginning 2013–14, children’s diets were significantly more whole-grain dense than before, following 2012 requirement that USDA school meals include whole grains.