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Rosen, Renee A.; Sadeghi, Lelia; Schroeder, Natalia; Reicks, Marla M.; Marquart, Len – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2008
Purpose: Whole grain intake is associated with health benefits but current consumption by children is only about one-third of the recommended level. The purpose of this study was to test the feasibility of an innovative approach whereby the whole wheat content of bread products in school lunches was gradually increased to increase whole grain…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Dietetics, Food, Eating Habits
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Gleason, Philip – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2008
Under the policy of direct certification for free school meals, school districts use information shared by state agencies about household eligibility for means-tested programs in the state in order to determine the potential eligibility for free meals of students enrolled in the district. This information allows districts to automatically approve…
Descriptors: Food Service, International Schools, Free Schools, Eligibility
Curriculum Review, 2008
This article suggests that those interested in advocating healthier school lunches use a "School Lunch Lottery" to convince parents and administrators that change is necessary. During the lottery, key players are invited to experience one of three different school lunch options--a typical school lunch; a healthy bag lunch; and a school cafeteria…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Health Promotion, Cooperative Planning, Dietetics
Isaacs, Julia; Toran, Katherine; Hahn, Heather; Fortuny, Karina; Steuerle, C. Eugene – Urban Institute, 2012
"Kids' Share 2012: Report on Federal Expenditures on Children through 2011," a sixth annual report, looks comprehensively at trends over the past 50 years in federal spending and tax expenditures on children. Key findings suggest that the size and composition of expenditures on children have changed considerably, but children have not…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Federal Aid, Children, Budgets
Girard, Beverly Lawler – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study determined attitudes of kindergarten through fifth grade teachers about school nutrition environments, their perceived influence on school nutrition environments, and self-reported classroom behaviors. Specific objectives were to: (a) identify perceived factors that influence the school nutrition environment, according to teachers…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Nutrition, Teacher Surveys, Food
Samuels, Christina A. – Education Week, 2008
With food and fuel prices increasing sharply, food and nutrition directors in school districts around the country are finding themselves facing some uncomfortable choices. In some districts, school lunch menus are being pared down to fewer selections, instead of the array of healthy options districts would like to offer. In other areas, canned and…
Descriptors: Fuels, Transportation, Public Policy, Costs
Newman, Constance; Guthrie, Joanne; Mancino, Lisa; Ralston, Katherine; Musiker, Melissa – US Department of Agriculture, 2009
Concerns about child obesity have raised questions about the quality of meals served in the National School Lunch Program. Local, State, and Federal policymakers responded to these concerns beginning in the mid-1990s by instituting a range of policies and standards to improve the quality of U.S. Department of Agriculture-subsidized meals. Schools…
Descriptors: Obesity, Lunch Programs, Nutrition, Dietetics
Newman, Constance; Guthrie, Joanne; Mancino, Lisa; Ralston, Katherine; Musiker, Melissa – US Department of Agriculture, 2009
Concerns about child obesity have raised questions about the quality of meals served in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). Local, State, and Federal policymakers responded to these concerns beginning in the mid-1990s by instituting a range of policies and standards to improve the quality of USDA-subsidized meals. While most of USDA's…
Descriptors: Obesity, Lunch Programs, Nutrition, Dietetics
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Longley, Carol; Sneed, Jeannie – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2009
Purpose/Objectives: The Reauthorization Act of 2004 requires schools participating in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs to establish a wellness policy. The purpose of this study was to examine school foodservice directors' attitudes about the potential benefits of the wellness policy. Methods: A survey research design was…
Descriptors: Food Service, Breakfast Programs, Nutrition, Wellness
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Sherrin, A. Rachelle; Bednar, Carolyn; Kwon, Junehee – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2009
Purpose: Purpose of this research was to investigate utilization of labor productivity standards and variables that affect productivity in Texas school foodservice operations. Methods: A questionnaire was developed, validated, and pilot tested, then mailed to 200 randomly selected Texas school foodservice directors. Descriptive statistics for…
Descriptors: Food Service, Nutrition, Labor Standards, Labor
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Rainville, Alice Jo; Lofton, Kristi L.; Carr, Deborah H. – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2009
Purpose/Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the best practices (quality indicators) related to recess placement before lunch in elementary schools; compile a best practices checklist that can be used as an assessment tool for school nutrition programs; and validate and evaluate the usefulness of the best practices checklist.…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Elementary Schools, Lunch Programs, Nutrition
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Schanzenbach, Diane Whitmore – Journal of Human Resources, 2009
This paper assesses whether school lunches contribute to childhood obesity. I employ two methods to isolate the causal impact of school lunches on obesity. First, using panel data, I ?nd that children who consume school lunches are more likely to be obese than those who brown bag their lunches even though they enter kindergarten with the same…
Descriptors: Obesity, Eligibility, Nutrition, Children
Hair, Elizabeth; Ling, Thomson; Wandner, Laura – Child Trends, 2008
Childhood obesity has emerged as a critical health problem of the 21st century. The seriousness of this issue stems from the grave health consequences of overweight and obesity that begin in child-hood and persist later in life. In light of these consequences, public health officials and others have begun to focus on schools as key settings in…
Descriptors: Obesity, Children, Public Health, Eating Habits
US Department of Agriculture, 2009
The National School Lunch Program is a federally assisted meal program operating in over 101,000 public and non-profit private schools and residential child care institutions. It provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to more than 30.5 million children each school day in 2008. In 1998, Congress expanded the National School Lunch…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Lunch Programs, Nutrition, State Departments of Education
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Carr, Deborah H.; Cross, Evelina W. – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2008
Objectives: The objectives were to investigate the operational requirements for offering healthful vended reimbursable lunches to students and to identify barriers to implementation. Methods: A descriptive case study method was utilized to explore the operations of two school nutrition programs offering vended reimbursable lunches. Two school…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, High School Students, Equipment, Retailing
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