Over the last decade the school setting has emerged as a crucial site for the promotion and
maintenance of children and young people's health. Issues relating to the types of foods …

Recent years have seen a renewed popular interest in school meals, following criticism that
they lacked adequate nutritional value. Underlying this is an apparent concern with civilising …

In recent years the UK government has taken a number of steps to promote 'healthy
eating'within schools. This policy initiative has, in line with the now well established and …

This paper draws on a multi-method study with 50 families in Victoria, Australia. Primary
school children were asked about food knowledge from school and whether they felt …

This study investigates how mothers respond to school surveillance of their children's
packed lunches. In a context where increasing attention is focused on healthy eating, we …

Recently a proliferation and intensification of school programmes that are directed towards
teaching children and young people about food has been witnessed. Whilst there is much to …

Over the past decade the issue of food and in particular, food consumed within schools has
come to encapsulate a broad range of concerns regarding children and young people's …

Schools and Food Education in the 21st Century examines how schools enact food policy,
and through doing so, craft diverse foodscapes that create very different food experiences in …

In this study we interrogate the ways nutrition and health have become increasingly
influential to children's everyday life practices and conceptualisations of food. We challenge …

This paper addresses health messages that are carried home from school–a space where
childhood obesity prevention measures are being transmitted to families, and mothers in …