Background: Sweden provides a free school lunch to every child in the compulsory (9-year)
school system. It consists of a hot meal, a salad buffet, bread and a beverage. The Education …

Australian families increasingly rely on eating foods from outside the home, which increases
intake of energy-dense nutrient-poor foods.'Kids' Menus' are designed to appeal to families …

Background The 2008 nutritional standards for primary school lunch in England improved
nutritional content. The impact on socio-economic inequalities is unknown. We examine the …

How to cite this article Upton D. Upton P. & Taylor C.(2012) Fruit and vegetable intake of
primary school children: a study of school meals. J Hum Nutr Diet. Abstract Background …

Overall the diets of Australian schoolchildren are suboptimal, but differences in nutrient and
food intake on school versus non-school days have not been assessed. The aim of this …

This paper updates a British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) Briefing Paper on this topic,
published in 2011. Healthy eating and being physically active are particularly important for …

Objective: To describe food provision and evaluate menus in New Zealand childcare
services, determining associations with service characteristics and/or cost of menu …

OBJECTIVES: School meal improvement is a major component of UK government policy to
improve children's diets. This study investigated the pragmatic influences on local education …

Despite recent attempts to improve the quality of school meals in England through the
introduction of school meal standards, uptake remains low. Since the introduction of the …

Ninety per cent of Australian school children bring a home-packed lunch to school, with 44%
of the food consumed during school hours being unhealthy. Among other factors, cost is a …