School meals make significant contributions to healthy dietary behaviour, at a time when
eating habits and food preferences are being formed. We provide an overview of the …

Aim The present study systematically reviewed the characteristics of the food environment in
schools and their immediate vicinities associated with excess weight in adolescents …

Objective: School lunches have potential to foster healthy diets in all children, but data on
their importance are relatively scarce. The current study aimed to describe the dietary intake …

ObjectiveThe role of school lunches in diet quality has not been well studied. Here, we
aimed to determine the contribution of school lunches to overall nutrient intake in Japanese …

In France, school meals must comply with 15 frequency criteria (FC) expressed as nutritional
requirements (eg,“starters containing more than 15% fat served no more than four times out …

This paper presents a new methodological model that was developed whilst carrying out an
Institutional Ethnography to explore school food working practices. The model brings …

Background Water is recommended as the main beverage for daily fluid intake. Previous
systematic reviews have studied the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) …

Objective: We aimed to profile vegetable consumption and its association with dietary and
sociodemographic factors. Design: Secondary analysis of a nationally representative …

The Universal Infant Free School Meal (UIFSM) policy was introduced in September 2014 in
England and January 2015 in Scotland and offered all infant schoolchildren (ages 4–7 …

Objective Mandatory school meal standards were introduced in 2006 in England; however,
no legislation exists for packed lunches. This study analyses provision of foods and nutrients …