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Direct linkKara Burkholder; Brooke L. Bennett; Sarah L. McKee; Juliana F.W. Cohen; Ran Xu; Marlene B. Schwartz – Journal of School Health, 2024
BACKGROUND: The US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) summer meal programs are designed to provide meals at no cost while school is out of session. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, several regulatory waivers were enacted to facilitate meal distribution. The aim of this study was to assess the rates of meal distribution before and after these…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Breakfast Programs, COVID-19, Pandemics
Shah, Nirvi – Education Week, 2012
School districts have resorted to hiring debt collectors, employing constables, and swapping out standard meals for scaled-back versions to try to coerce parents to pay off school lunch debt that, in recent years, appears to have surged as the result of a faltering economy and better record-keeping. While the average school lunch costs just about…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Debt (Financial), School Districts, Economically Disadvantaged
Schwartz, Marlene B.; Henderson, Kathryn E.; Falbe, Jennifer; Novak, Sarah A.; Wharton, Christopher M.; Long, Michael W.; O'Connell, Meghan L.; Fiore, Susan S. – Journal of School Health, 2012
Background: In 2006, all local education agencies in the United States participating in federal school meal programs were required to establish school wellness policies. This study documented the strength and comprehensiveness of 1 state's written district policies using a coding tool, and tested whether these traits predicted school-level…
Descriptors: Wellness, School Policy, Lunch Programs, Health Promotion
Long, Michael W.; Henderson, Kathryn E.; Schwartz, Marlene B. – Journal of School Health, 2010
Background: This article seeks to inform state and local school food policies by evaluating the impact of Connecticut's Healthy Food Certification (HFC), a program which provides monetary incentives to school districts that choose to implement state nutrition standards for all foods sold to students outside reimbursable school meals. Methods: Food…
Descriptors: Food Service, Food, Surveys, Incentives
Peer reviewedJensen, Helene C.; And Others – Journal of Nutrition Education, 1985
A school lunch promotional kit was developed to enable lunch managers to integrate lunchroom activities with the classroom, home, and community. Data from 1743 students indicated that schools using the kit significantly increased school lunch participation and that students were more willing to taste nutritious food. (JN)
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Lunch Programs, Nutrition Instruction, Primary Education
Duster, Troy; Waters, Alice – Liberal Education, 2006
This article discusses a relatively new and decidedly healthy educational movement emerging across the United States, from grade schools to high schools, from community colleges to graduate programs at the nation's most prestigious universities. The movement goes by the name of "engaged learning." The authors describe two experiments to…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Public Schools, Cooking Instruction, Nutrition Instruction
