The creation of the National School Lunch Program in 1946, also known as the NSLP, was inspired by investigations of men who were rejected from the draft during World War II, where a link was found between their physical deficiencies due to poor nutritional diet in early childhood (National School Lunch Program). Their mission statement is: “A measure of national security, to protect the health and well-being of the nation's children. » Later, in 1998, we launched after-school initiatives in which after-school activities on school grounds were required to provide snacks to students (National School Meals Program). Throughout the history of government involvement in school meals, changes have been made due to new discoveries. Initially, the purpose of school meals was to provide food for students in case they did not receive any at that time. Gradually they began to evolve into a nutritional meal covering the major food groups..