Passported benefits are additional benefits provided to individual or households based on a
previous eligibility to a “primary” social security benefit. Although passported benefits should …

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 …

Abstract In 2014/15, Universal Free School Meals (UFSM) were introduced in Scotland and
England for children in their first three years of primary school. This study examined the …

A common rationale for providing free lunch for all students is that selectively receiving a
free meal at school generates stigma. This study examines the hypothesis that eligibility to …

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 …

Aims To qualitatively evaluate the optimal intervention (food-voucher approach vs. free daily
meal distribution), aimed at reducing food insecurity and promoting healthy eating among …

This issue of Public Health Nutrition highlights work from the global research community that
advances scientific investigations on the potential contributions of schoolbased nutrition …

As part of the COVID-19 economic recovery package, the Aotearoa New Zealand
Government rolled out a universal free and healthy lunch programme to the 25% least …

Diet quality of children consuming school meals tends to be better than that of children
consuming packed lunches (from home) or food bought outside school. This study …

This chapter focuses on developing food education. Its starting point is the complexity of
modern lives and the importance of acknowledging students as active agents in their …