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Food Insecurity in Indigenous and Northern Communities
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Wilson, Penny – BU Journal of Graduate Studies in Education, 2021
School nutrition programs are integral to academic success. To support the whole child, teachers must appreciate what role nutrition plays in academic success. Studies of food insecurity reveal there are degrees of severity. Although the key determinate of food security is poverty, employment is not necessarily a shield. One can eat and still be…
Descriptors: Food, Hunger, Security (Psychology), Diabetes
Bringing Breakfast to Our Students: A Program to Increase School Breakfast Participation
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Olsta, Julia – Journal of School Nursing, 2013
The relationship between breakfast consumption and academic success has been extensively studied over the past 30 years. Despite the wide availability of school breakfast programs and the preponderance of evidence that breakfast consumption has positive effects on a student's ability to learn and function in the school setting, many students do…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Health Promotion, Breakfast Programs, Nutrition
School Nutrition Programs and the Incidence of Childhood Obesity. NBER Working Paper No. 14297
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Millimet, Daniel L.; Tchernis, Rusty; Husain, Muna – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2008
In light of the recent rise in childhood obesity, the School Breakfast Program (SBP) and National School Lunch Program (NSLP) have received renewed attention. Using panel data on over 13,500 primary school students, we assess the relationship between SBP and NSLP participation and (relatively) long-run measures of child weight. After documenting a…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Lunch Programs, Children, Obesity
School Nutrition Programs and the Incidence of Childhood Obesity
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Millimet, Daniel L.; Tchernis, Rusty; Husain, Muna – Journal of Human Resources, 2010
Given the recent rise in childhood obesity, the School Breakfast Program (SBP) and National School Lunch Program (NSLP) have received renewed attention. Using panel data on more than 13,500 primary school students, we assess the relationship between SBP and NSLP participation and (relatively) long-run measures of child weight. After documenting a…
Descriptors: Obesity, Lunch Programs, Breakfast Programs, Nutrition
Factors Associated with School Meal Participation and the Relationship between Different Participation Measures. Final Report
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Moore, Quinn; Hulsey, Lara; Ponza, Michael – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2009
This report investigates three important aspects of National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP) participation using recently collected data on a large, nationally representative sample of students certified for free and reduced-price meals during the 2005-2006 school year. First, we examine the factors that influence…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Student Attitudes, Lunch Programs, Breakfast Programs
Socio-Cognitive and Nutritional Factors Associated with Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents: Possibilities for Childhood Obesity Prevention
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O'Dea, Jennifer A.; Wilson, Rachel – Health Education Research, 2006
A large national study of schoolchildren aged 6-18 years was conducted to assess nutritional and socio-cognitive factors associated with body mass index (BMI). A questionnaire was used to assess nutritional quality of breakfast, importance of physical activity and food variety score, among 4441 students from randomly selected schools in all states…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Locus of Control, Obesity, Body Composition