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Kristine E. Illøkken; Dorte Ruge; Marissa LeBlanc; Nina Cecilie Øverby; Frøydis Nordgård Vik – Education Inquiry, 2024
Having breakfast is associated with improved diet quality, cognitive- and academic performance and can therefore positively impact learning and health, although the impact on reading literacy is unknown in the Nordic countries. The aim of this study was to assess the association between having breakfast often versus rarely and reading literacy…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Academic Achievement, Breakfast Programs, Foreign Countries
Monique R. Mitchell – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Obesity influences many adolescents, and a potential setting that can help with this health concern is schools. Schools can help raise awareness of adolescent obesity and promote healthier eating habits among adolescents. Therefore, researchers must determine if school food programs influence high school adolescents' behavior regarding the…
Descriptors: Obesity, Adolescents, Eating Habits, Lunch Programs
Kara 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
Stephanie Oudghiri – Rural Educator, 2024
As roughly 7.3 million students in rural school districts head back to school this fall, they remain largely unaware that the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill) is due to expire on September 30, 2024 (Hartman et al., 2023). Enacted on December 20, 2018, and temporarily renewed in September 2023, this critical piece of legislation…
Descriptors: Food, Rural Areas, Rural Schools, Nutrition
Zapata, María E.; Buffarini, Romina; Rovirosa, Alicia; Pérez Martín, Joaquín; Tomé, Joaquín; Carmuega, Esteban – Journal of School Health, 2022
Background: Since 2016, the School Food Program in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, implemented a nutritional regulatory framework (NRF) and varying administration systems (AS). Here, we examined the association between the interventions (only NRF and NRF + AS) and breakfast nutritional and food indicators between 2016 and 2019. Methods: Data…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Breakfast Programs, Program Improvement, Foreign Countries
Leanne Eko; Elizabeth Beechler; Jessica Seale – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2024
State law requires the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to annually report to the Legislature the number of schools participating in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). The report must identify barriers to participation and make recommendations to increase participation. The CEP…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Breakfast Programs, Lunch Programs, Participation
Yeh, Lindsay B.; Butt, Melissa; McDonnell, Elaine T. – Journal of School Health, 2023
Background: School breakfast programs (SBP) play an important role in reducing food insecurity and helping provide children with adequate nutrition. Using alternative service methods such as breakfast in the classroom, grab and go, and second chance breakfast may increase student participation. Methods: We compared the SBP participation of…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Breakfast Programs, Delivery Systems, Program Effectiveness
Larin, Kathryn A. – US Government Accountability Office, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) administers the school meal programs that provide nutritious, lowcost meals to about 30 million children each day, according to USDA fiscal year 2019 data. School food authorities participating in the National School Lunch Program or the School Breakfast Program must comply…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Breakfast Programs, Food, Purchasing
Kara Clifford Billings – Congressional Research Service, 2024
The federal government has prescribed nutritional requirements for school meals since the authorization of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) in 1946. Such requirements have changed throughout the course of history. Current law requires the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe "minimum nutritional requirements" based on…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Nutrition, Lunch Programs, Breakfast Programs
Lori Andersen Spruance; Emma Beckstead; Eliza Hammond; Claudia Meza; Adrian Glover; Amanda Haines – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2023
Purpose/Objectives: Individuals in rural areas experience higher food insecurity. The School Breakfast Program (SBP) and the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) reduce food insecurity. Yet, SBP participation remains lower than NSLP participation. This study aimed to examine differences in parental perception relative to the NSLP and the SBP in…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Lunch Programs, Breakfast Programs, Preferences
Billings, Kara Clifford – Congressional Research Service, 2023
The federal government has prescribed nutritional requirements for school meals since the authorization of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) in 1946. Such requirements have changed throughout the course of history. Current law requires the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe "minimum nutritional requirements" based on…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Nutrition, Standards, Lunch Programs
Meier, Cristian L.; Brady, Patrick; Askelson, Natoshia; Ryan, Grace; Delger, Patti; Scheidel, Carrie – Journal of School Nursing, 2022
Interventions targeting school meals have been used to combat obesity in rural youth. Parents play a powerful role in childhood nutrition; however, we know little about parents' perceptions of school meal programs. This study aimed to understand parents' perceptions of school meal programs. Surveys were administered to middle school parents (n =…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Lunch Programs, Breakfast Programs, Middle Schools
Alcorn, Michelle; Paez, Paola; Watkins, Tracee; Cole, Kerri – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2020
Purpose/Objectives: The purpose of this study was two-fold: (1) determine commonly used procedures for milk served in locations other than the cafeteria during breakfast service; and (2) examine the effectiveness of these practices in maintaining recommended milk temperatures. Methods: A national sample of 110 school nutrition directions selected…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Food, Nutrition, Food Standards
Emily Gutierrez; Maggie Reeves; Ariella Meltzer; Victoria Nelson; Fanny Terrones – Urban Institute, 2024
Colorado's Healthy School Meals for All (HSMA) program provides free breakfast and lunch to all students, regardless of economic background, and aims to strengthen farm-to-school systems and school food service workers' pay. After unexpected increases in student participation, the program faced a significant budget shortfall that raised warning…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Lunch Programs, Budgeting, Educational Policy
McKeon, Gina Pope; Shukaitis, Jennifer; Cuite, Cara L. – Journal of School Health, 2021
Background: Teacher resistance is sometimes cited as a barrier to implementing Breakfast in the Classroom (BIC), an approach to school breakfast in which students eat at their desks after the school day has begun. Given their role in serving breakfast with BIC, teacher perceptions may be critical in implementing an effective BIC program. Methods:…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Breakfast Programs, Elementary School Teachers, Urban Schools