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Rice, Nancy – School Business Affairs, 2011
Students need more than just "any" lunch or breakfast to do well in school--the "quality" of these meals counts also. Studies have demonstrated the role healthy diets can play in students' academic achievement. That's why President Obama signed into law the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act in December 2010. This historic legislation provides free…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Child Health, Hunger, Federal Legislation
Shah, Nirvi – Education Week, 2011
Proposed new federal rules governing the meals served to school children across the country each weekday are causing a stir among food industry groups, cafeteria managers, parents, and students. The skirmish is over the U.S. Department of Agriculture's efforts, prompted by the recent passage of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, to rewrite the…
Descriptors: Obesity, Lunch Programs, Breakfast Programs, Federal Programs
Lazor, Kathleen; Chapman, Nancy; Levine, Elyse – Journal of School Health, 2010
Background: Soyfoods provide healthful options for school breakfasts and lunches that are lower in saturated fat, cholesterol, fat, and calories and can help meet demands for vegetarian choices. Researchers tested acceptance of soy-based options substituted for popular lunch items with a diverse student population. Methods: Researchers conducted a…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Food, Nutrition, Lunch Programs
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2012
In the past 30 years, the prevalence of obesity in children has increased to epidemic proportions. The obesity rate among children ages 2 to 5 has more than doubled (from 5 percent to 10.4 percent); more than quadrupled (from 4.2 to 17 percent) among children ages 6 to 11; and more than tripled among adolescents ages 12 to 19 (from 4.6 to 17.6…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Adolescents, Nutrition, Child Health
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2012
Healthy students perform better. Poor nutrition and inadequate physical activity can affect not only academic achievement, but also other factors such as absenteeism, classroom behavior, ability to concentrate, self-esteem, cognitive performance, and test scores. This toolkit provides information to help make schools the model for healthier…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Physical Activities, Self Esteem, Student Behavior
Stinson, Wendy Bounds; Carr, Deborah; Nettles, Mary Frances; Johnson, James T. – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2011
Purpose/Objectives: The objectives of this study were to assess the extent to which school nutrition (SN) programs have implemented food safety programs based on Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) principles, as well as factors, barriers, and practices related to implementation of these programs. Methods: An online survey was…
Descriptors: School Districts, School Administration, Program Implementation, Breakfast Programs
Holthe, Asle; Larsen, Torill; Samdal, Oddrun – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2011
The implementation of policy interventions at the school level is often considered an organizational change process. The main goal of the present study was to examine the degree of implementation of Norwegian national guidelines for healthy school meals and how organizational capacity at the school level contributed to the degree of…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Organizational Change, Guidelines, Foreign Countries
Andrepont, Emmy; Cullen, Karen W.; Taylor, Wendell C. – Journal of School Health, 2011
Background: Computerized point-of-sale (POS) machine software that allows parents to place restrictions on their child's school meal accounts is available. Parents could restrict specific foods (e.g., chips), identify specific days the child can purchase extra foods, or set monetary limits. This descriptive study examines the use of parental…
Descriptors: Food Service, Food, Parents, School Districts
Duncan, Sue – Management in Education, 2011
The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that it is possible to make major changes in a primary school with limited investment. I wish to present the methods used in this process which enabled me to examine the existing catering, to identify, investigate and research the problems, to explore the literature available and to synthesise my results…
Descriptors: Action Research, Educational Policy, Nutrition, Food
Lee, Britt L. – Online Submission, 2010
Not too long ago, people in the United States ate real, fresh, seasonal food. Today, the prevalence of low quality foods has made it increasingly challenging to feed young children healthy, nutritionally balanced meals. Furthermore, what a child eats is often limited by his/her parents' income. Inexpensive food is often processed, full of…
Descriptors: Food, Lunch Programs, Nutrition, Context Effect
Kakarala, Madhuri; Keast, Debra R.; Hoerr, Sharon – Journal of School Health, 2010
Background: Competitive foods/beverages are those in school vending machines, school stores, snack bars, special sales, and items sold a la carte in the school cafeteria that compete with United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) meal program offerings. Grouping a la carte items with less nutritious items allowed in less regulated venues may…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Nutrition, Statistical Analysis, Gender Differences
Wilder, Amanda J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The sale of second servings and/or a la carte purchases made by elementary students participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) was investigated in this mixed methods case study. The percentage of elementary students in one school district who purchase second servings and/or a la carte items, in addition to the regularly purchased…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Eating Habits, Mixed Methods Research, Case Studies
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2012
The federal school nutrition programs are the keystones to the diets of millions of American children. Schools have the opportunity to support healthy nutrition habits early in life by creating environments that encourage the consumption of healthy foods and beverages. This paper provides resources which offer general information about the…
Descriptors: Child Health, Nutrition, Dietetics, Federal Programs
Isaacs, Julia; Edelstein, Sara; Hahn, Heather; Steele, Ellen; Steuerle, C. Eugene – Urban Institute, 2015
"Kids' Share 2015: Report on Federal Expenditures on Children in 2014 and Future Projections," an ninth annual report, looks comprehensively at federal spending and tax expenditures on children. Federal spending on children has remained fairly flat, in real dollars, over the past three years. Broader budgetary forces will continue to…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Federal Aid, Children, Budgets
US Department of Agriculture, 2011
This report responds to the requirement of Public Law 110-246 to assess the effectiveness of State and local efforts to directly certify children for free school meals. Under direct certification, children are determined eligible for free school meals without the need for household applications by using data from other means-tested programs. The…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Nutrition, Certification, Program Effectiveness