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Johnson, Ping Hu, Deanne Gerson, Kandice Porter, and Jane Petrillo. "A Study of School Lunch Food Choice and Consumption among Elementary School Students." International Journal of Child Health and Nutrition 4, no. 3 (2015): 141–50. https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-4247.2015.04.03.3.

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<em>Background: School lunches that are part of the National School Lunch Program must meet specific nutrition</em> <em>requirements. It is unknown whether students eat school lunches in a balanced manner. This study examined which</em> <em>lunch food items children eat/toss, and consumption differences between sexes, and between students at a Non-Title 1</em> <em>school where most students purchase school lunches and a Title 1 school where most students receive free or reducedpriced</em> <em>lunches.</em> <em>Methods: Students in both schools were observed unobtrusively for five consecutive d

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Richardson, Scott, Juliana Cohen, Eric Rimm, and Steven Gortmaker. "Examining Student Plate Waste Following a Conversion From Pre-packaged to Lunches Prepared On-Site: A Longitudinal Cohort Study." Current Developments in Nutrition 6, Supplement_1 (2022): 394. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzac054.049.

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Abstract Objectives Subsidized meals provided through the National School Breakfast and Lunch programs are an important source of daily nutrition for millions of students across the United States. Aging school infrastructure has led some districts to rely on pre-packaged meals to feed students over the past few decades. It is unclear how investments in infrastructure upgrades that would enable on-site scratch cooking in schools might influence student selection and consumption of school meals. The aim of this study was to assess changes in student selection and consumption of school lunches fo

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Dejanović, Snežana, Margarita Dodevska, and Sunčica Knežević. "Analysis of the energy value and structure of school meals from the viewpoint of childhood obesity prevention." Glasnik javnog zdravlja 98, no. 2 (2024): 119–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/serbjph2402119d.

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The continual global rise in the number of people with obesity across all age categories requires redefining existing and finding new public health and other measures for primary, secondary and tertiary obesity prevention. There is also a permanent trend of growing numbers of overweight and obese school-age children. The school environment plays an important role in establishing and maintaining adequate eating patterns, and balanced school meals are one of the mechanisms for modifying nutritional risk factors. The aim of this research was to determine the energy value of school meals, compare

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Kinsey, Eliza W., Amelie A. Hecht, Caroline Glagola Dunn, et al. "School Closures During COVID-19: Opportunities for Innovation in Meal Service." American Journal of Public Health 110, no. 11 (2020): 1635–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2020.305875.

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In 2019, the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program served approximately 15 million breakfasts and 30 million lunches daily at low or no cost to students. Access to these meals has been disrupted as a result of long-term school closures related to the COVID-19 pandemic, potentially decreasing both student nutrient intake and household food security. By the week of March 23, 2020, all states had mandated statewide school closures as a result of the pandemic, and the number of weekly missed breakfasts and lunches served at school reached a peak of approximately 169.6 million;

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Everitt, Tracy, Rachel Engler-Stringer, Wanda Martin, and Hassanali Vatanparast. "Comparing Diet Quality of School Meals versus Food Brought from Home." Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research 81, no. 4 (2020): 179–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.3148/cjdpr-2020-013.

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Purpose: Consuming nutritious food is essential to learning. The purpose of this research was to determine the diet quality of elementary school lunches, both those in meal programs and those bringing food from home, in urban and rural locations in Saskatchewan. Methods: Using a School Food Checklist and digital photography we compared food group servings and diet quality in 3 school types: urban schools with a meal program and urban and rural schools without a meal program. The total sample was 773 students. Results: Only 55% of students brought the minimum number of servings for grain produc

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Leventakis, Charalambos, and Vasiliki Gkarila. "School meals in Greece. A historical - comparative analysis." International Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Studies 3, no. 6 (2021): 217–24. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5801986.

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Pupil lunches was one of the oldest social welfare projects in Greece. The purpose of school meals was to provide, either free of charge or for a small fee, mainly at noon, to the underfunded pupil, a hot and nutritious breakfast supplementary to daily nutrition, in response to the needs of his/her growing body and needs of school work. The consequences of malnutrition in childhood were known. Reducing the vitality and energy of the child, slowing down, decreasing their resistance to infections, mental lethargy, etc. Malnutrition in particular was to blame for tuberculosis. Student meals were,

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Hecht, Amelie A., Caroline Glagola Dunn, Eliza W. Kinsey, et al. "Estimates of the Nutritional Impact of Non-Participation in the National School Lunch Program during COVID-19 School Closures." Nutrients 14, no. 7 (2022): 1387. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14071387.

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The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in widespread school closures, reducing access to school meals for millions of students previously participating in the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) National School Lunch Program (NSLP). School-prepared meals are, on average, more nutritious than home-prepared meals. In the absence of recent data measuring changes in children’s diets during the pandemic, this article aims to provide conservative, back-of-the-envelope estimates of the nutritional impacts of the pandemic for school-aged children in the United States. We used administrative data from the USDA

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Thiagarajah, Krisha, Vicky M. Getty, H. L. Johnson, and E. A. Taylor. "Students’ Attitudes Toward Meatless Meals in School Lunches." Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 49, no. 7 (2017): S65—S66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2017.05.194.

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Whitaker, Robert C., Jeffrey A. Wright, Anita J. Finch, and Bruce M. Psaty. "An Environmental Intervention to Reduce Dietary Fat in School Lunches." Pediatrics 91, no. 6 (1993): 1107–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.91.6.1107.

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Objective. To determine whether making a low-fat entree available as one of two choices in an elementary school lunch program would reduce the fat content of meals selected by children. Design. In this before-after trial, students had a daily choice between two entrees, one of which was sometimes low-fat. For 93% of school days during 14 consecutive school months, daily entree choices were recorded for 619976 student meals. The fat content of entrees was assessed with a computerized nutrient database supplemented by food manufacturer's data. Setting. Sixteen elementary schools in the Bellevue

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Stern, Alexandra, and Scott Richardson. "Relationship Between Nutrient Density and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Lunches Served at a Large Urban School District." Current Developments in Nutrition 5, Supplement_2 (2021): 89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzab060_007.

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Abstract Objectives This research explored the relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE) and nutrient density of lunches served at a large urban school district in New England to support menu planning. We hypothesized that nutrient density would be inversely associated with GHGE. Methods The school district provided information on lunch menus for the 2018–2019 school year. Nutrient density was calculated using the Nutrient Rich Food hybrid score (NRFh). Data on GHGE of foods and agricultural commodities was obtained from the database of Food Impacts on the Environment for Linking to

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Tripathi, Krishna Prasad. "Mid-Day Meals Programs in the School of Pokhara through Child Friendly School Manual." Janapriya Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 12, no. 1 (2023): 80–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jjis.v12i1.62243.

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This study, titled “Assessing School Mid-Day Meals Programs in the Schools of Pokhara through Child-Friendly School Manual,” aimed to identify modalities and assess school facilities related to mid-day meals in both institutional and public schools. The research design employed was explanatory sequential. The population comprised schools, headmasters, and class five students, and a multistage sampling technique was utilized. Five diverse schools each from institutional (preprimary, primary, upper primary, secondary, and higher secondary) and public schools were randomly selected for comparison

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Langlet, Billy, Petter Fagerberg, Anastasios Delopoulos, et al. "Predicting Real-Life Eating Behaviours Using Single School Lunches in Adolescents." Nutrients 11, no. 3 (2019): 672. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11030672.

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Large portion sizes and a high eating rate are associated with high energy intake and obesity. Most individuals maintain their food intake weight (g) and eating rate (g/min) rank in relation to their peers, despite food and environmental manipulations. Single meal measures may enable identification of “large portion eaters” and “fast eaters,” finding individuals at risk of developing obesity. The aim of this study was to predict real-life food intake weight and eating rate based on one school lunch. Twenty-four high-school students with a mean (±SD) age of 16.8 yr (±0.7) and body mass index of

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Seiverling, Laura, Jennifer Felber, Monica Howard, Keith Williams, and Helen M. Hendy. "The Lunchbox Study: A Pilot Examination of Packed Lunches of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder." Nutrients 14, no. 7 (2022): 1338. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14071338.

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Background: This study examined foods packed and consumed by children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and calculated the percentage of packed school lunches meeting National School Lunch Program (NSLP) standards. Fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption was further examined by investigating its association with the number and type of foods packed. Methods: Participants included 59 private school students observed for five school meals. Servings of foods and beverages packed and consumed and the percentages of correspondence between food packed and consumed were calculated. Next, the percentage

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Deksne, Juta, Jelena Lonska, Sergejs Kodors, et al. "Insights into Awareness and Perceptions of Food Waste and School Catering Practices: A Student-Centered Study in Rezekne City, Latvia." Resources 14, no. 4 (2025): 59. https://doi.org/10.3390/resources14040059.

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A fundamental step to foster a sustainable future is enhancing students’ awareness of responsible food consumption. The present research study assessed students’ awareness of food waste (FW) issues, attitudes towards school catering and lunch management, and the reasons for plate waste (PW) in Rezekne city schools, Latvia. A survey was conducted in April 2024 involving 944 students in grades 2 to 7 across four selected schools (S1, S2, S3, and S4), provided with state and municipality-funded free lunches. Statistical analysis methods (Mean ± SD, Kruskal–Wallis H test, Mann–Whitney U post hoc t

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Bardin, Sarah, Liana Washburn, and Elizabeth Gearan. "Disparities in the Healthfulness of School Food Environments and the Nutritional Quality of School Lunches." Nutrients 12, no. 8 (2020): 2375. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12082375.

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The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA), a public law in the United States passed in 2010, sought to improve the healthfulness of the school food environment by requiring updated nutrition standards for school meals and competitive foods. Studies conducted since the passage of the HHFKA indicate improvements in the food environment overall, but few studies have examined whether these improvements varied by the socioeconomic and racial/ethnic composition of students in schools. To better understand the extent of disparities in the school food environment after HHFKA, this paper examined diffe

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Fadilla Hernanda, Gibran, Usep Suhud, and Agus Wibowo. "Replacing pocket money with packed lunch: a healthier, cost-saving solution for students." International Student Conference on Business, Education, Economics, Accounting, and Management (ISC-BEAM) 3, no. 1 (2025): 1719–36. https://doi.org/10.21009/isc-beam.013.132.

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This research investigates the policy of replacing pocket money with packed lunches among 13-15-year-old junior high school students in their schools in Bekasi City. The students' perceptions, attitudes, and experiences in this regard could be mainly explained by their well-being, health, and financial management. In all, 143 respondents who were given pocket money and lunch by their parents participated in this online survey. Students' response has been sought on the issue of lunch brought along to school, the use of pocket money, and their preference for reductions in pocket money in lieu of

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Baek, Deokrye, Yongjun Choi, and Hong Lee. "Universal Welfare May Be Costly: Evidence from School Meal Programs and Student Fitness in South Korea." Sustainability 11, no. 5 (2019): 1290. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11051290.

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The Free School Meal Program (FSMP) initiated in 2011 in South Korea allows participating schools to provide free lunches to all students regardless of their household income. This paper examines how universal free school meal programs are associated with student health outcomes. We empirically show that FSMP reduces the share of students with high fitness grades by up to 1.5% of the student population. We also find that expenses for physical education decrease in schools that adopt FSMP. These results suggest that FSMP could crowd out investments in student physical activities, and student fi

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Thompson, Hannah R., Stephanie S. Machado, Kristine A. Madsen, Renata Cauchon-Robles, Marisa Neelon, and Lorrene Ritchie. "Impact of a Teacher Intervention to Encourage Students to Eat School Lunch." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 18 (2022): 11553. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811553.

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While school meals are often the healthiest option for students, lunch participation remains relatively low. Few approaches for increasing participation have leveraged teachers’ potential social influence. We determined if a teacher intervention about the benefits of school lunch could improve teachers’ perceptions of, and participation in, school lunch, and encouragement of students to eat school lunch. This repeated cross-sectional study included teacher/student survey administration in spring of 2016 and 2018 in 19 public secondary schools (9 intervention, 10 comparison) educating students

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Moreland Russell, Sarah, Jason Jabbari, Louise Farah Saliba, et al. "Implementation of Flexibilities to the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs and Their Impact on Schools in Missouri." Nutrients 15, no. 3 (2023): 720. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15030720.

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Background: In 2018, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued flexibilities to the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs, relaxing the nutrition standards for milk, whole grains, and sodium. This study examines the implementation decision-making among Missouri school food services and the impact of implementing these flexibilities on the meals served. Methods: We developed a survey using the Consolidated Framework of Implementation to determine schools’ implementation of the flexibilities and factors related to implementation. To determine how the implementation of flex

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Turner, Lindsey, Joanne F. Guthrie, and Katherine Ralston. "Community eligibility and other provisions for universal free meals at school: impact on student breakfast and lunch participation in California public schools." Translational Behavioral Medicine 9, no. 5 (2019): 931–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibz090.

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Abstract United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) school meal programs are an important part of the safety net for reducing food insecurity, yet not all students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals participate. In 2014–2015, the Community Eligibility Provision became available nationwide. This provision, along with Provisions 1, 2, and 3 of the USDA school meals programs, allows local school food authorities to offer universal free meals at schools with high student poverty. It is expected that adoption of a provision allowing universal free meals will increase rates of student p

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Harb, Amanda A., Katherine J. Roberts, Julia E. McCarthy, and Pamela A. Koch. "Comparison of Missing School Meals among Public Schools: How Did New York State Do during COVID-19?" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 10 (2022): 5838. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19105838.

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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic created barriers to participation in school meals. As a result, many students may have missed out on school meals. The objectives of this study are (1) to compare the number of school meals served by New York State public schools during the first spring and summer of the COVID-19 pandemic to the number served before the COVID-19 pandemic, and (2) to determine relationships between the number of meals served and the levels of school district need and urbanicity. Methods: This study is a secondary analysis of administrative data. The percentage change in the num

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de Seymour, Jamie, Alessandro Stollenwerk Cavallaro, Laurie Wharemate-Keung, Sheryl Ching, and Jasmin Jackson. "Nutrient-Level Evaluation of Meals Provided on the Government-Funded School Lunch Program in New Zealand." Nutrients 14, no. 23 (2022): 5087. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14235087.

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Approximately 1 in 6 children in New Zealand are living in households facing poverty and 14% of the population is food insecure. The Ka Ora, Ka Ako|Healthy School Lunches program aims to reduce food insecurity by providing access to a nutritious lunch every school day. This study analyzed the nutritional content of Ka Ora, Ka Ako meals and compared them to national and international standards. Meals were selected at random from approved menus. The suppliers covered by the 302 meals analyzed provide 161,699 students with a lunch (74.9% of students on the program). The meals were analyzed using

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Tripathi, Krishna Prasad. "Midday Meal Programs in Institutional and Community Schools of Nepal: A Comparative Analysis of Students’ Meal Choices." Prithvi Academic Journal 7 (May 13, 2024): 89–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/paj.v7i1.65766.

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Midday meals play a crucial role in satisfying and motivating students during teaching-learning activities, ensuring that they receive their basic education rights. As food and nutrition are fundamental for every living being, and since students spend a significant portion of their day in school, they require snacks to sustain their energy levels. The study aimed to recognize modalities related to parents' education and evaluate school physical facilities associated with midday meals in institutional and community schools. The research, conducted with the participation of school principals and

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Spill, Maureen K., Rupal Trivedi, Rachel C. Thoerig, et al. "Universal Free School Meals and School and Student Outcomes." JAMA Network Open 7, no. 8 (2024): e2424082. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.24082.

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ImportanceThe White House National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health included expanding free school meals to all students, regardless of income, which has sparked debate in the United States.ObjectiveTo assess the association between universal free school meals (UFSMs) and school and student outcomes in the United States.Evidence ReviewAn expert panel–informed protocol was developed to evaluate intervention or cohort studies comparing UFSM programs, such as the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), with non-UFSM programs in US schools from August 2012 (excluding 2020-2021 due to the C

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Prescott, Melissa Pflugh, Xanna Burg, Jesscia Jarick Metcalfe, and Brenna Ellison. "Elementary and Middle School-Aged Students with Longer Seated Lunch Time Eat More Fruits and Vegetables." Current Developments in Nutrition 4, Supplement_2 (2020): 264. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzaa043_115.

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Abstract Objectives Health advocates recommend 20 minutes of seated lunch time. Yet, no federal policy ensures adequate time for school lunch across the US. The objective of this study is to assess the impact of meeting the 20-minute seated lunch time recommendation on child food consumption and waste. Methods Using a crossover design, seated lunch time was randomly assigned each day to be either 10 or 20 minutes. Menus conformed to the National School Lunch Program nutrition standards and were matched to short and long lunch days to control for menu. Elementary and middle school-aged students

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Liao, Shu-Fen, Hsu-Min Tseng, Jong-Dar Chen, Chiao-Ming Chen, and Sing-Chung Li. "A Pilot Evaluation of a School-Based Nutrition Education Program with Provision of Fruits and Vegetables to Improve Consumption Among School-Age Children in Palau." Nutrients 17, no. 6 (2025): 994. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17060994.

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Background/Objectives: Children spend the most time in school, which can be a friendly environment that encourages students to eat healthy foods, so school is a good place to learn and practice these behaviors. In Palau, public schools offer free lunches to students. Based on the constructs of Social Cognitive Theory, we conducted a pilot study to evaluate the effects of a school nutrition education program (NE) and the provision of more fruits and vegetables (FV) in school lunches on elementary school students’ nutrition knowledge, as well as their attitudes and behaviors regarding fruit and

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Vatan, M., V. Babienko, and V. Levkovska. "Nutrition of primary school children: world and Ukrainian realities." Journal of Education, Health and Sport 11, no. 11 (2021): 286–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/jehs.2021.11.11.028.

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The aim of the study is to assess the actual nutrition of primary school children in Ukraine and other countries. Material and methods. An analysis of publications in scientific journals and reports of national agencies on the state of nutrition of primary school children. Search depth 10 years. The following search strategy "primary school", "nutrition", "sentinel surveillance" was used. The 15 most relevant publications were selected for further analysis. In addition, a survey of 450 primary school students was conducted on the quality of nutrition during school. Statistical processing was p

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Adjapong, Eunice S., Kathryn E. Bender, Sophia Schaefer, and Brian E. Roe. "School and meal characteristics associated with plate waste in K-12 cafeterias in the United States." PLOS ONE 19, no. 12 (2024): e0299043. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299043.

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Food wasted in primary and secondary education institutions creates nutritional losses, financial inefficiencies, and environmental degradation. While there is some evidence of how particular interventions within schools may influence the amount of waste created, there is little recent information about typical levels of food waste generated in U.S. primary and secondary schools and how waste correlates with school and meal characteristics. We analyze data reported by more than 100 schools from 24 states as part of the World Wildlife Fund’s Food Waste Warriors project and identify how plate an

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Martinelli, Sarah, Francesco Acciai, Michael J. Yedidia, and Punam Ohri-Vachaspati. "Do Parental Perceptions of the Nutritional Quality of School Meals Reflect the Food Environment in Public Schools?" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 20 (2021): 10764. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010764.

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(1) Background: It is unknown whether parents’ perception of school meals, a determinant of student meal participation, align with the nutritional quality of meals served in schools. This study compares the healthfulness of foods offered in schools with parental perception of school meals at those same schools. (2) Method: Parents were asked to rate the healthfulness of school meals at their child’s school. Data on the types of foods offered were collected from public schools in four cities in New Jersey and matched with parent-reported data. Measures were developed to capture the presence of

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Martinelli, Sarah, Francesco Acciai, Michael J. Yedidia, and Punam Ohri-Vachaspati. "Do Parental Perceptions of the Nutritional Quality of School Meals Reflect the Food Environment in Public Schools?" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 20 (2021): 10764. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010764.

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(1) Background: It is unknown whether parents’ perception of school meals, a determinant of student meal participation, align with the nutritional quality of meals served in schools. This study compares the healthfulness of foods offered in schools with parental perception of school meals at those same schools. (2) Method: Parents were asked to rate the healthfulness of school meals at their child’s school. Data on the types of foods offered were collected from public schools in four cities in New Jersey and matched with parent-reported data. Measures were developed to capture the presence of

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Martins, Gleicillaine Porto Giron, and Sérgio Caruso. "Education and school meals: a way to feed knowledge and cur hunger." Concilium 24, no. 5 (2024): 30–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.53660/clm-2995-24e05.

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This article has as objective to comprehend questions related school lunch school in teaching environment for student basic education. The public policy, the guaranty of laws to proporcion the dues feed security are fundamental for individuals to assimilate the knowledge that education proporcion, above contributing to appreciation of lunch regional development through local. Analyzing the influence of school lunch security lunch of public school students, we served for the PNAE, allows us to gain knowledge of entire program, that is, education, school, lunch, regional development and agricult

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McLoughlin, Gabriella M., Lindsey Turner, Julien Leider, Elizabeth Piekarz-Porter, and Jamie F. Chriqui. "Assessing the Relationship between District and State Policies and School Nutrition Promotion-Related Practices in the United States." Nutrients 12, no. 8 (2020): 2356. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12082356.

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School environments are an optimal setting to promote healthy student diets, yet it is unclear what role state and district policies play in shaping school contexts. This study examined how state and district policies are associated with school-reported practices for promoting student participation in school lunch programs. School nutrition manager data were obtained from the School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study’s (SNMCS) sample of 1210 schools in 46 states and the District of Columbia (DC) during school year 2014–2015. Relevant state laws and district policies were compiled and coded. Multiva

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Estep, N., and K. W. Cullen. "Student Consumption of Competitive Foods during School Lunch Meals." Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 113, no. 9 (2013): A11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2013.06.018.

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Olfert, Melissa, Rebecca Hagedorn, Emily Clegg, Shannon Ackerman, and Cheryl Brown. "Choice Architecture in Appalachian High Schools: Evaluating and Improving Cafeteria Environments." Nutrients 11, no. 1 (2019): 147. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11010147.

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School meals are a primary source of nutrition for many adolescents. Determining factors that influence the selection of various foods can provide insight on strategies to improve students’ cafeteria choices. This evaluation and observation was conducted at three Appalachian high schools to assess the cafeteria environment. The study developed and implemented an assessment tool created using principles of choice architecture and behavioral economics building on the work of the Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs (BEN Center). The assessment tool scored eight com

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Novikova, I. I., S. M. Gavrish, A. V. Sorokina, M. V. Semenikhina, and L. B. Grabko. "Evaluation of the organization of healthy free hot food for students in grades 1–4." Sanitarnyj vrač (Sanitary Doctor), no. 3 (March 1, 2021): 61–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.33920/med-08-2103-07.

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The article presents the results of a survey of parents of junior high school students and parental control over the organization of meals. In the course of the sociological research the questions of satisfaction with the organization of hot breakfasts and lunches for pupils of classes 1–4 in connection with the transition to the 100 % coverage with healthy, hot free meals in general educational institutions were studied. Parents of children in grades 1–4 from 60 regions of the Russian Federation participated in the survey. Information was obtained and analyzed on the satisfaction of schoolchi

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De Carvalho Souza Machado, Taisa, Cleide Cristina Apolinario Borges, Flavia Coelho Ribeiro Mendonca, and Barbara Cristina Euzebio Pereira Dias de Oliveira. "PARASITOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF LETTUCE SERVED IN SCHOOL MEALS AT A FEDERAL STATE SCHOOL IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL." Revista de Patologia Tropical / Journal of Tropical Pathology 49, no. 1 (2020): 33–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.5216/rpt.v49i1.61879.

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The Brazilian “National School Lunch Program” (PNAE) must provide healthy food for students in public primary education. Thus, it is necessary to ensure both nutritional and parasitological quality, reducing health risks. Vegetables must be clean, presenting no parasites and larvae, according to Brazilian legislation. Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) is one of the favorite vegetables among students, and is eaten raw in salads. This paper aims to evaluate the parasitological quality of lettuce served in school lunches. 72 samples of leaf lettuce, 36 fromconventional agriculture (CA) and 36 from fami

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Pokorney, Paige E., Avinash Chandran, and Michael W. Long. "Impact of the Community Eligibility Provision on meal counts and participation in Pennsylvania and Maryland National School Lunch Programs." Public Health Nutrition 22, no. 17 (2019): 3281–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980019002246.

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AbstractObjective:To determine whether school-level participation in the federal Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), which provides free school lunch to all students, is associated with school meal participation rates. Participation in school meals is important for decreasing food insecurity and improving child health and well-being.Design:Quasi-experimental evaluation using negative binomial regression to predict meal count rates per student-year overall and by reimbursement level adjusted for proportion eligible for free and reduced-price lunch (FR eligibility) and operating days.Setting:

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Fiori, Kelly, Cindy Wolff, Keiko Goto, Martin Frigaard, Kenny Chan, and Stephanie Bianco-Simeral. "Discrepancies Among Student School Lunch Preferences, Menu Options, and Consumption Patterns in a Low-Income Northern California High-School." Californian Journal of Health Promotion 9, no. 2 (2011): 29–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.32398/cjhp.v9i2.1434.

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USDA Nutrient Standard Menu Planning option, one of two National School Lunch Program options for school meal planning, has no requirements for fruit/vegetable servings and enables foodservice to serve nutrient-poor foods while remaining compliant with nutrition requirements. The objective of this research was to compare student reported preferences, meals offered, and meals selected over nine days. A preference survey was administered to 151 ninth grade students attending a low-income northern California high school. School lunch observations were conducted daily for an average of 418 to 584

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Long, Michael W., Keith Marple, and Tatiana Andreyeva. "Universal Free Meals Associated with Lower Meal Costs While Maintaining Nutritional Quality." Nutrients 13, no. 2 (2021): 670. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13020670.

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The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 allows the provision of universal free meals (UFMs) in high-poverty school areas. Participation in UFM programs, including through CEP, could reduce meal costs due to economies of scale and a lower administrative burden. We analyzed the School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study (SNMCS) data from 508 UFM-eligible schools (103 UFMs) to evaluate whether meal costs varied by UFM status. We used school-level data to address the non-random selection to UFMs with inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW). We est

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Bauer, Katherine W., Y. Wendy Yang, and S. Bryn Austin. "“How Can We Stay Healthy when you’re Throwing All of this in Front of Us?” Findings from Focus Groups and Interviews in Middle Schools on Environmental Influences on Nutrition and Physical Activity." Health Education & Behavior 31, no. 1 (2004): 34–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1090198103255372.

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This study aimed to identify factors in school physical and social environments that may facilitate or compete with programs and policies to improve student physical activity and nutrition. Focus groups and interviews were conducted with students, faculty, and staff of two public middle schools. Participants identified numerous aspects of the school environments as significant. Competition, teasing and bullying, time, and safety were described as major barriers for students to be physically active during physical education class, on sports teams, and before and after school. The quality of the

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Cullen, Karen, and M. A. Swanson. "Student Consumption of Foods Obtained from Friends During School Lunch Meals." Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 45, no. 4 (2013): S29—S30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2013.04.081.

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Cohen, Juliana F. W., Amelie A. Hecht, Gabriella M. McLoughlin, Lindsey Turner, and Marlene B. Schwartz. "Universal School Meals and Associations with Student Participation, Attendance, Academic Performance, Diet Quality, Food Security, and Body Mass Index: A Systematic Review." Nutrients 13, no. 3 (2021): 911. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13030911.

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The school environment plays an important role in children’s diets and overall health, and policies for universal free school meals have the potential to contribute to positive child health outcomes. This systematic review evaluates studies examining the association between universal free school meals and students’ school meal participation rates, diets, attendance, academic performance, and Body Mass Index (BMI), as well as school finances. The search was conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA). A search for studies published

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Langlet, Billy, Christos Maramis, Christos Diou, et al. "Formative Evaluation of a Smartphone App for Monitoring Daily Meal Distribution and Food Selection in Adolescents: Acceptability and Usability Study." JMIR mHealth and uHealth 8, no. 7 (2020): e14778. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/14778.

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Background Obesity interventions face the problem of weight regain after treatment as a result of low compliance. Mobile health (mHealth) technologies could potentially increase compliance and aid both health care providers and patients. Objective This study aimed to evaluate the acceptability and usability and define system constraints of an mHealth system used to monitor dietary habits of adolescents in real life, as a first step in the development of a self-monitoring and lifestyle management system against adolescent obesity. Methods We recruited 26 students from a high school in Stockholm

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Nozue, Miho, Kyungyul Jun, Yoko Ishihara, et al. "Differences in Food Consumption and Distribution of Meals between the Days with or without School Lunches Among 5th Grade Elementary School Students." Japanese Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics 68, no. 5 (2010): 298–308. http://dx.doi.org/10.5264/eiyogakuzashi.68.298.

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Henriques, Patricia, Camile R. T. de Alvarenga, Marina M. S. Menezes, Daniele M. Ferreira, Luciene Burlandy, and Beatriz D. Soares. "Adequate Food and Nutrition in School: Acceptability and Consumption by Students of a Brazilian Municipality." Nutrients 17, no. 3 (2025): 528. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17030528.

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Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the acceptability of a specific menu preparation based on minimally processed foods and the factors associated with the consumption of school meals by students in Brazilian public schools. Methods: A hedonic scale was employed to assess the acceptability of a milk preparation with 100% cocoa and sugar. A structured questionnaire was used to evaluate school food consumption, addressing consumption frequency, dietary habits, environmental conditions, and consumption of competing foods. A binomial logistic regression model was conducted to verify the associ

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Eddie, Regina S., Carolyn Montoya, and Jennifer Averill. "School Nutrition Policies and Practices on an American Indian Reservation: Research and Policy Considerations." Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice 21, no. 2 (2020): 71–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1527154420923744.

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Navajo (Diné) and other American Indian children are more affected by overweight and obesity than their U.S. counterparts. In this descriptive study, the authors combined a socioecological and Navajo cultural framework to analyze the various factors that influence food choices available to children in schools. The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 updated nutrition standards for school meals and all other foods and beverages sold in schools. Some studies have shown that improved nutrition standards were not favorably received by students and school food programs. To better understand these

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Piatnytska, G. T., O. M. Hryhorenko, N. O. Piatnytska, and N. Y. Lytvyn. "Innovative Development of the Organization of Catering of Schoolchildren as an Integral Part of the Management of Modern Institutions of General Secondary Education." Business Inform 12, no. 515 (2020): 471–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.32983/2222-4459-2020-12-471-481.

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The article is aimed at carrying out a comprehensive analysis and an evaluation of innovative processes that are currently taking place in the organization of school meals of general secondary education institutions (GSEI) of Ukraine and aimed at improving the management of their activities. To achieve the aim, general scientific and special research methods were used. The content essence of some concepts in the theory and practice of catering are closer defined. It is determined that innovations for the development of the organization of catering of schoolchildren in modern GSEI are being imp

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Bullock, Sally Lawrence, Spring Dawson-McClure, Kimberly Parker Truesdale, Dianne Stanton Ward, Allison E. Aiello, and Alice S. Ammerman. "Associations between a Universal Free Breakfast Policy and School Breakfast Program Participation, School Attendance, and Weight Status: A District-Wide Analysis." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 7 (2022): 3749. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073749.

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Breakfast consumption among youth is associated with improved diet quality, weight, cognition, and behavior. However, not all youth in the United States consume breakfast. Participation in the School Breakfast Program (SBP) is also low relative to the lunch program. Universal free breakfast (UFB) policies have been implemented to increase breakfast participation by reducing cost and stigma associated with the SBP. This study examined whether a UFB policy implemented in a school district in the Southeast US was associated with changes in breakfast participation, school attendance, and student w

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Martinelli, Sarah, Theresa Bui, Francesco Acciai, Michael J. Yedidia, and Punam Ohri-Vachaspati. "Improvements in School Food Offerings over Time: Variation by School Characteristics." Nutrients 15, no. 8 (2023): 1868. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15081868.

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The 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA) improved the nutritional quality of food served in schools. This longitudinal study examined school food offerings over time from school year 2010-11 to 2017-18 in public schools (n = 148) in four New Jersey cities. Six food indices were used to assess the number of healthy and unhealthy items offered as part of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), in vending machines, and à la carte (i.e., competitive foods). Multilevel, multivariable linear regression with quadratic terms was used to model the trends over time. Interaction terms were added

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Hanson, Jennifer, Janelle Elmore, and Marianne Swaney-Stueve. "Food Trying and Liking Related to Grade Level and Meal Participation." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 16 (2020): 5641. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17165641.

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School-based child nutrition programs provide students with meals and snacks that align with guidelines for a healthy eating pattern. However, participation is not universal, and research on the determinants of food selection is needed to improve school nutrition practices and policies. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between grade level (i.e., grade school, middle school, or high school) as well as meal participation category (i.e., only breakfast, only lunch, or both) and food trying and liking in a large urban school district. Outcomes were measured using an onlin

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