School meals can play an integral role in improving children's diets and addressing health
disparities. Initiatives and policies to increase consumption have the potential to ensure …

Food waste is a great challenge hindering food system sustainability, embodying
environmental impacts, economic costs as well as affecting food and nutritional security …

Methods We distributed an electronic survey in April 2020 to 16,435 families in 4 geographic
areas, and 1,048 responded. The survey asked families enrolled in a coordinated school …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND School efforts to promote health among students are more
successful when families and community members are involved. METHODS We conducted …

Food waste and nutrition are intrinsically linked in terms of environmental health and public
health. Despite this, it is unknown whether these topics have been previously synthesized …

Background Schools play a vital role in student health, and a collaborative approach may
affect health factors such as physical activity (PA) and nutrition. There is a lack of recent …

Objective To assess differences in the amount of plate waste (PW) and food preferences
among food categories containing vegetables and fruit and which of the student-centered …

Food waste remains a major problem for the world and food security. Despite the fact that
consumers are significant producers of food waste, little research attention has been paid to …

Structured, well-organized mealtime routines can provide physical and mental health
benefits for children. Poverty and food insecurity (FI) are risk factors for less effective …

Food wasted in primary and secondary education institutions creates nutritional losses,
financial inefficiencies, and environmental degradation. While there is some evidence of …