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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"School meals"”.
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A nutritional survey of Sheffield school meals.
The aim of the Sheffield School meals survey was to investigate the nutritional content of the food as offered to, as eaten by and as left on the plate by the children at school lunch. The childrens' food preferences were also examined, together with any interrelationships between these and the …
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The contribution of school meals to the daily intake of low income children and associations with age, gender and ethnicity
… of this study was to assess the contribution of school meals to total dietary intake of low income children and to observe whether there are differences by gender, ethnicity, and age. Participants were between the ages of 9 and 12 years old and were children in the after school programs at four …
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Socio-economic Background and Attainment at GCSE: Does the Attainment of Students Eligible for Free School Meals Differ Over Time By Assessment System or Other Background Characteristics?
… 16 and the validation of five years of secondary schooling, their results are also key to subsequent opportunities in work and higher study. Yet the returns from their efforts vary, as differences in attainment persist despite numerous educational initiatives. Attainment gaps by student background …
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Prevention, Diversion, and Reentry: Effects of School and Juvenile Justice Policy Reforms
Youth who experience school suspension, arrest, or residential placement may also experience collateral consequences such as disengagement from school, weakened social bonds, and increased likelihood of future delinquency. Reforms to school and juvenile justice policies may help reduce youth …
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Nutrient intakes of primary school children
… 2004 Hull City Council introduced free healthy school meals for all primary and special school pupils (approximately 20,500 children from 71 primary schools and 6 special schools) in an attempt to reduce health and education inequalities. The meals were prepared to meet the Caroline Walker Trust …
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Public health nutrition intervention to evaluate the nutritional impact of the Ghana School Feeding Programme in Lower Manya Krobo (LMK) district, and enhancing its effectiveness through a nutrition intervention
School feeding interventions like many other donor dependent nutrition interventions in low-income countries have often been described to be ineffective or unsustainable because they are designed with donor specific nutritional interests, which often do not reflect the indigenous dietary preference …
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An Evaluation of Current Practice with Reference to Nutrition Guidelines.
… (GNBS), with the recommendation that primary schools comply with regulations by 2008. The purpose of this research was to evaluate whether school meal provision in Lancashire primary schools, is meeting GNBS, 2007, and secondly, whether a mid-morning snack has an impact on the cognitive …
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An ethnographic study of lunchtime experiences in primary school dining rooms
The issue of school meals has recently come to the fore of UK government policy with reforms to school food occupying a pivotal position in ameliorating public health and educational concerns, from tackling the "obesity epidemic" to improving children's academic attainment, performance and …
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Variability in dietary quality of elementary school lunch menus with changes in National School Lunch Program nutrition standards
… There have been numerous changes to the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) nutrition standards over the past 10 years. The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA, 2010) presumably improved dietary quality (DQ) of reimbursable school meals from previous standards, while Child Nutrition Program …
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Underachievement in story writing: Using psychological theories to investigate boys’ perceptions and experiences
… of six year 4 boys in a one form entry primary school in the West Midlands. Exploring one class teacher’s perceptions about the boys and capturing the boys’ perceptions about their experience of learning to write provided a detailed insight into why this group of boys was underachieving in …
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Nutritional Comparison of Packed and School Lunches for Elementary Children
… children attend public elementary and secondary schools in the United States each day. Children spend a substantial portion of their waking hours in school and consume one-third to one-half of their daily calories there, making schools a promising site to influence dietary quality and potentially …
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Childhood Obesity Interventions in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago: A Qualitative Study Exploring Government Policies and Their Implementation by Health Practitioners
… interventions that are currently available for school-aged children, 6-11 years old in Trinidad and Tobago. They are (a) BMI screening at entrance to primary school age 5-6; and again at age 9-11, (b) the availability of "Healthy Me" camps, (c) The "Schools Caravans" service, (d) The option to …
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Implementation of a multi-component school lunch environmental change intervention to improve child fruit and vegetable intake: a mixed-methods study
The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) reaches roughly 32 million children each day, and children participating in the consume up to half of their daily energy intake through school meals. Children waste up to 80% of their vegetables at school meals, and environmental change interventions are …
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An investigation of teacher knowledge of and engagement with educational evidence
… and the percentage of pupils in their school eligible for free school meals (FSM%) with their knowledge of educational evidence. The main conclusions of the thesis were that pre-existing measures of teachers’ knowledge of and engagement with evaluation-based evidence require further …
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Language of Exclusion: A Mixed Method Evaluation of Text Complexity on Comprehension Within Selected U.S. Government Food Assistance Application Materials
… (SNAP) for Assistance and Free and Reduced Price School Meals Family Application). The study seeks to explore the experience of the application process for the participants as well as identify which factors of text complexity effect adults’ comprehension of and ability to adequately complete …
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Investigating the administration of the school feeding programme: A case study of two primary schools in Windhoek, Namibia
… out to investigate the administration of the School Feeding Programme at two primary schools in Windhoek, Namibia. The study aimed at finding out how administration is being carried out, the attitudes of the teachers towards the School Feeding Programme and the challenges that the schools are …
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THREE ESSAYS ON THE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED
… and investigates the effects of Universal Free Meals (UFM) – a program available to schools with sizable economically disadvantaged populations – on student well-being and district financial feasibility. UFM provides free meals to all students, regardless of household income, in an attempt to …
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Can School Lunches Deliver Better Nutrition Without Sacrificing Palatability? An Evaluation of Nutritional Adequacy of School Lunches in Urban Washington State
Background: USDA's National School Lunch Program (NSLP) was established in 1946 to deliver balanced nutrition for children at risk for under-nutrition; however, in recent years these same meals have been associated with over-nutrition and increased risk for childhood obesity. Changes to federal …
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The Impact of Food Insecurity on Child Development in London and Islamabad
… wasting, undernutrition, child labour, and low school attendance, with maternal empowerment being a key determinant. By comparison, in London, food insecurity was associated with the obesity paradox, food bank dependency, welfare disjunctures, and holiday hunger, which are attributable to …
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The Bull and the Red Van: Pakistani-heritage young people in a small city explore the influences upon their educational progress
… in attainment between those eligible for free school meals and their peers. The principal sources of data are extended discussions with groups of Pakistani-heritage young people supplemented by interviews with parents, and a formal survey conducted by the young people among their black and …
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