Objectives: To explore best practices and challenges in providing school meals during
COVID-19 in a low-income, predominantly Latino, urban–rural region. Design: Semi …

In 2020, a government-funded healthy school lunch program was introduced in a quarter of
New Zealand schools, selected due to high levels of socio-economic barriers. This study …

Background Federal nutrition assistance programs serve as safety nets for many American
households, and participation has been linked to increased food security and, in some …

School-based nutrition programs are crucial to reducing food insecurity. The COVID-19
pandemic adversely impacted students' school meal participation. This study seeks to …

(1) Background: It is unknown whether parents' perception of school meals, a determinant of
student meal participation, align with the nutritional quality of meals served in schools. This …

Importance Implemented in 2012, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA)
increased nutritional requirements of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) to reverse …

This study explored strategies to improve adolescent food security using semi-structured in-
depth interviews with 9 policy advocates, 12 parents and 15 adolescents aged between 17 …

Parental perceptions of school meals can affect student participation and overall support for
school meal policies. Little is known about parental school meal perceptions under universal …

Providing meals at school is an important part of the hunger safety net for children in the
United States and worldwide; however, many children do not receive school meals even …

Abstract Ka Ora, Ka Ako provides free, healthy lunches for 220,000 learners in low-equity
New Zealand schools. Costing over $260 million annually, it represents the largest …