… in two relatively deprived local authorities and the benefits … council performance which
report school meal take-up for all … and basic school-level background characteristics including …

… as wide a range of local authorities across Scotland as was … UFSM to encourage them to
take up the meal being offered. … Catering-related staff were therefore generally able to report …

… UIFSM in primary schools in two local authorities in England … Bivariate statistical tests compared
sample characteristics between … Take up of school meals pre-UIFSM was comparable for …

… to be valid for schools with a wide range of characteristics. Further, we … As we will show later
in the paper, take-up of school meals … and unobserved characteristics relating to bodyweight …

… of attending a CEP school on student BMI and related outcomes. … of schools with ISPs above
62.5 percent, some schools with … this low take-up rate could be if school-level characteristics …

… First, this work examines variation in access to free meals that is related to the characteristics
of … Both the prevalence of food insecurity and incomplete take-up suggest scope for school-…

… (UIFSM) in England among primary school students in three local authorities found that
universal free school meals were associated with approximately a 30% increase in the percent of …

… Participant characteristics and interview methods are given in Table 3. In 2020, students and
… To our knowledge, negative findings relating to free school meals have mainly been related …

… account for some of the reduction in school meal take-up. Previous work on takeaway food
… The results suggest that the type of school lunch consumed is associated with overall diet …

… , especially as related specifically to the school setting 24. … school context from interviews
with local authority, school and … in the decision whether to take up school meals and, once …