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Easterbrook, Matthew J.; Nieuwenhuis, Marlon; Fox, Kerry J.; Harris, Peter R.; Banerjee, Robin – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
Background: School students who are eligible for reduced or free school meals (FSM) -- an indicator of economic disadvantage -- have lower academic attainment than their peers. Aims: We investigated whether identity compatibility -- the perceived compatibility between one's social identities and the stereotype of a high-achieving student --…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Student Attitudes, Self Concept
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Janhonen, Kristiina Henrietta; Mäkelä, Johanna; Palojoki, Päivi – Health Education, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine Finnish ninth grade pupils' (15-16 years) perspectives on hot school lunches and consider the potential of these perspectives as a resource for food and health education. Design/methodology/approach: Data include observations, essays, and visually elicitated focus group discussions from a larger…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 9, Eating Habits, Lunch Programs
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Ishikawa, Midori; Kubota, Nozomi; Kudo, Keita; Meadows, Martin; Umezawa, Atsuko; Ota, Toru – Health Education Journal, 2013
Objective: The purpose of the study was to discover whether tomato consumption in elementary- and middle-school students could be increased through a school lunch programme developed by agricultural high-school students acting as peer educators. Design: The high-school lunch programme included the process of growing tomatoes and providing a…
Descriptors: Food, Lunch Programs, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students
Hunt, Caroline L. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1909
The subject of the proper feeding of children of school age involves problems which may be said to be the most difficult as well as the most important of all the problems of human nutrition. The child of school age must grow and must also work. In this he differs on the one hand from the infant, whose work is all ahead of him and on the other hand…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Dietetics, Nutrition, Lunch Programs