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Download full textHolliday, RoseAnna – 1998
The goal of the Offer Versus Serve (OVS) option in the Healthy School Meals Initiative is to minimize plate waste and to encourage more food choices in school meal programs. This manual was designed for child nutrition programs as a tool in helping them meet the Healthy School Meals Initiative, in particular to assist them in identifying a…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Food Service, Food Standards, Lunch Programs
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing. Cooperative Extension Service. – 1984
This training manual introduces school food service, child nutrition program goals, and programs in Michigan. It also studies food service backgrounds, noting, for example, that "penny lunches" began in Philadelphia in 1894 and that Holland was the first country--in 1900--to legislate school lunches, as well as legal activities over the…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Breakfast Programs, Food Service, Hunger
VanEgmont-Pannell, Dorothy; And Others – 1983
This menu planning guide for school lunches and breakfasts contains: (1) lunch requirements, recommendations, and policies; (2) the basics of menu planning; (3) how to vary portions for various age/grade groups; (4) planning breakfasts; (5) merchandising school lunches and breakfasts; and (6) nutrition education and menu planning; Appendixes…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Dietetics, Elementary Secondary Education, Food Standards
Chambless, Martha; Parham, Charles – 1978
To discover the effects of breakfast on reading achievement a study was conducted comparing 100 primary students from the 1975-1976 school year before a school breakfast program was instituted and 100 students from the 1977-1978 school year who participated in a school breakfast program. Reading scores from the California Achievement Test…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Nutrition, Primary Education, Program Evaluation
Forrester, Joan – Florida Schools, 1968
A federally funded school breakfast program in Florida offers a nutritious meal to approximately 1800 pupils per day. This program is available to the poor, to children who miss breakfast because of bus schedules, and to any other students at a school where the meal i s offered. Those who can afford to pay a nominal fee; otherwise, breakfast is…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged, Federal Programs, Pilot Projects
Vachon, Jane Mattern – School Business Affairs, 1983
A staff member of the Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service summarizes the history, cost, and benefits of the federal school nutrition programs and explains that schools must now verify information on a small sample of applications for free and reduced-price meals. (MLF)
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Compliance (Legal), Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Bernstein, Lawrence S.; McLaughlin, Joan E.; Crepinsek, Mary Kay; Daft, Lynn M. – US Department of Agriculture, 2004
In 1998, Congress authorized the School Breakfast Program Pilot Project (SBPP) to study the implementation and effects of providing universal free school breakfast in six school districts across the United States. For three years, from School Year (SY) 2000-2001 through SY 2002-2003, these six school districts received federal funds to offer…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Pilot Projects, Nutrition, Academic Achievement
Marcotte, Lori P. – 1999
This booklet provides information regarding the use of universal free breakfast programs and guidance to schools that wish to start such a program. Written for school officials and breakfast advocates, the guide discusses the benefits of a universal free school breakfast program, the options available, and basic operational issues, so that…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Child Health, Nutrition, Program Development
Peer reviewedStewart, Roberta – Journal of School Health, 1973
The results of this study indicate that the establishment of a breakfast program in the secondary school serving the middle or high income district is a feasible solution to some of the adolescent nutrition problems
Descriptors: Adolescents, Breakfast Programs, Eating Habits, Health Programs
Emmons, Lillian; And Others – School Foodservice Journal, 1972
A Cornell University study of both student participation in lunch programs and the adequacy of foodservice programs. (JF)
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Food, Food Service, Lunch Programs
Modern Schools, 1972
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Electrical Appliances, Food Handling Facilities, Food Service
Warch, Barbara K. – Sch Lunch J, 1970
The Belle Witter Elementary School serves breakfast, lunches, and afternoon brunch to children in a double session program. (RA)
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Double Sessions, Food Handling Facilities, Food Service
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
Advocates for Children of New Jersey, 2013
Published annually since 1997, Newark Kids Count tracks key trends in child health and well-being in New Jersey's largest city with the latest statistics available. Newark Kids Count includes the latest statistics, along with five-year trend data, in the following areas: population and demographics, family economic security, affordable housing,…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Population Trends, Geographic Location, Children
Perryman, John N. – 1972
The aim of this publication is to offer information that will assist the elementary school principal in the establishment or improvement of a school lunch program. The material focuses on the necessary ingredients of an effective school food service, the necessity of nutrition education as a part of a food service program, and the importance of…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Elementary Schools, Food Service, Lunch Programs
