… Provision showed an increase in uptake of school meals, as … the studies of universal free
school lunch provision reported … In England, the take up of FSM by those eligible is 89% and …

… Free school meals are a public health intervention aimed at … FSM who accessed a free school
meal increased. In November 2019… options, was a barrier to take up for some children and …

… A primary goal of universal free school meals is to increase school meal participation. Of the
11 … ages 10–12 in an intervention school offering free school lunch (compared with a control …

… health related interventions such as free school meal provision… free school meal pupils exert
agency within the school food … shift towards increased targeting of free school meal provision…

… This paper investigates the impact of extending free school lunch … by school because UFM
is a school-level intervention and … increase in meal take-up rate (measured as SLP); that SLP …

… at school and children need to enjoy their school meals. Using a range of interventions to
target … of parents may help local authorities, schools and caterers to increase UIFSM take up. …

… We also varied the intensity with which school meals were … contrast, increased monitoring
of school meals did increase … nutrient content of the meals, an indicator of MNM take-up, is not …

… to high quality universal free lunches increases healthy weight … As we will show later in the
paper, take-up of school meals … to other school-based bodyweight reduction interventions that …

… The intervention extended the eligibility for free lunches to all … of pupils registered for free
meals, alongside take-up rates, … to claim a free school meal from the school canteen. This was …

… In particular we describe how take-up of school meals has … eating school meals, whereas
it increased the take-up among … with other bodyweight reduction interventions that have been …