Free school meal provision in the UK has a long history, representing an important
mechanism to tackle child poverty, address inadequate diets and tackle childhood obesity …

Background: Free school meals have a role in supplementing the diets of children from low
income families to ensure adequate nutritional status and ensure healthy growth and …

Background In January 2015 Scotland moved from a means tested system for Free School
Meals (FSM) to a universal system for children aged 4-8 years. Policy advocates believed a …

School meals can make a significant contribution to a child's dietary intake and influence
overall health and well being. Costs of a meal for those who pay vary. In England the …

Background Free School Meals (FSM) have been a common feature of the United
Kingdom's educational landscape since the 19 th century. Although the provisions have …

This paper assesses the extent to which opportunities exist for an extension of the
entitlement to free school meals, in order to improve the targeting of free school meals to …

ObjectiveThe present study sought to explore the factors that influence registration for free
school meals and the subsequent take-up following registration in England. DesignThe …

Background: Data for England from the national census can provide the socio-economic
background of individual pupils and therefore the intake of schools. In many respects, this is …

Free school meals provide support to vulnerable families in the Republic of Ireland. Funding
is allocated as part of an anti-poverty strategy. An investigation was carried out to discover if …

Assist FM tasked us to review the evidence base to better understand the realities and
trends pertaining to the uptake of free school meals (FSMs) in Scotland. We drew from Assist …