Promoting healthy school food environments and nutrition in Canada: a systematic review of interventions, policies, and programs

B Carducci, G Dominguez, E Kidd, C Oh… - Nutrition …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Context The school food environment is a critical interface for child and adolescent nutrition,
and there is a need to understand existing literature on Canadian school food environments …

The healthy option: A review of activity on food and nutrition by UK schools involved in the European Network of Health Promoting Schools

S Bowker, C Crosswaite, M Hickman, S McGuffin… - British Food …, 1999 - emerald.com
The UK has been participating in the European Network of Health Promoting Schools
(ENHPS) since 1993. One of the main concerns identified by participating schools has been …

Is the school food environment conducive to healthy eating in poorly resourced South African schools?

M Faber, S Laurie, M Maduna, T Magudulela… - Public health …, 2014 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveTo assess the school food environment in terms of breakfast consumption, school
meals, learners' lunch box, school vending and classroom activities related to nutrition …

Factors that influence food choices in secondary school canteens: a qualitative study of pupil and staff perspectives

LD Devine, AM Gallagher, S Briggs, AJ Hill - Frontiers in public health, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Adolescence is recognised as a period of nutritional vulnerability, with evidence
indicating that United Kingdom adolescents have suboptimal dietary intakes with many …

Implementation of mandatory nutritional guidelines in South Australian primary school canteens: a qualitative study

E Abery, C Drummond - Improving Schools, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Primary schools are identified as being in a primary position to offer nutrition education.
Moreover, primary schools can offer an environment which is conducive to the promotion of …

Associations between school food environments, body mass index and dietary intakes among regional school students in Victoria, Australia: a cross-sectional study

L Alston, N Crooks, C Strugnell, L Orellana… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Childhood overweight and obesity is a significant and preventable problem
worldwide. School environments have been suggested to be plausible targets for …

What are New Zealand children eating at school? A content analysis ofconsumed versus unconsumed'food groups in a lunch-box survey

E Dresler-Hawke, D Whitehead… - Health Education …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Eating patterns among school-aged children continue to be highly reliant on frequent
consumption of food items that are perceived to have low or poor nutritional value. This has …

Food for thought: Edible gardens in New Zealand primary and secondary schools

C Collins, R Richards, AI Reeder… - … Promotion Journal of …, 2015 - CSIRO Publishing
Issue addressed School gardens are a potentially important health promotion tool, allowing
the growth and consumption of fruit and vegetables to be embedded within the students' …

Survey of canteens and food services in Victorian schools

B Maddock, C Warren, A Worsley - Nutrition & Dietetics, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: To examine the characteristics of food services in Victorian government primary
and secondary schools. Design and methods: A cross‐sectional postal survey of all high …

Scale up of a multi-strategic intervention to increase implementation of a school healthy canteen policy: findings of an intervention trial

KL Reilly, N Nathan, J Wiggers, SL Yoong… - BMC public health, 2018 - Springer
Background Implementation interventions delivered in schools to improve food provision
have been found to improve student diet and reduce child obesity risk. If the health benefits …