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Effectiveness of Breakfast in the Classroom in Five Exemplary Districts
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Rainville, Alice Jo; King, Amber D.; Nettles, Mary Frances – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2013
Purpose/Objectives: A national trend to improve school breakfast participation is the integration of breakfast within the school day. Breakfast in the classroom programs increase student access to school breakfast. Service models include "grab and go," distribution of breakfasts to each classroom, and mobile breakfast carts in hallways.…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Nutrition, Case Studies, Program Effectiveness
Nutritional Quality of Breakfast and Physical Activity Independently Predict the Literacy and Numeracy Scores of Children after Adjusting for Socioeconomic Status
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O'Dea, Jennifer A.; Mugridge, Anna C. – Health Education Research, 2012
Health-related behaviors [physical activity (PA), nutritional quality of breakfast and sleep]; personal variables (self-esteem, attitudes to PA and gender) and socioeconomic status (SES) (school SES and parental education), were examined in relation to literacy and numeracy scores of 824 grade 3-7 children. Participants completed a questionnaire,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Health Promotion, Physical Activities, Social Class
Associations between School Meals Offered through the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program and Fruit and Vegetable Intake among Ethnically Diverse, Low-Income Children
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Robinson-O'Brien, Ramona; Burgess-Champoux, Teri; Haines, Jess; Hannan, Peter J.; Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne – Journal of School Health, 2010
Background: Despite evidence in support of the health benefits associated with fruit and vegetable (FV) intake, national data indicate that FV consumption among school-aged children is below recommended levels, particularly among low-income children. School meals offered through the School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program can…
Descriptors: International Schools, Socioeconomic Status, Low Income, Lunch Programs