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Direct linkMonique R. Mitchell – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Obesity influences many adolescents, and a potential setting that can help with this health concern is schools. Schools can help raise awareness of adolescent obesity and promote healthier eating habits among adolescents. Therefore, researchers must determine if school food programs influence high school adolescents' behavior regarding the…
Descriptors: Obesity, Adolescents, Eating Habits, Lunch Programs
Download full textOhio Department of Education and Workforce, 2024
This report illustrates the statewide implementation and effectiveness of school breakfast in Ohio. In the 2024-2025 school year, approximately 94% of Ohio schools with USDA nutrition programs serve breakfast. In the 2023-2024 school year, 27.2% of enrolled children participated in the School Breakfast Program and 54.5% participated in the…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, State Programs
Peer reviewedYeh, Lindsay B.; Butt, Melissa; McDonnell, Elaine T. – Journal of School Health, 2023
Background: School breakfast programs (SBP) play an important role in reducing food insecurity and helping provide children with adequate nutrition. Using alternative service methods such as breakfast in the classroom, grab and go, and second chance breakfast may increase student participation. Methods: We compared the SBP participation of…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Breakfast Programs, Delivery Systems, Program Effectiveness
Will Davis; Daniel Kreisman; Tareena Musaddiq – Education Finance and Policy, 2024
We estimate the effect of universal free school meal access through the Community Eligibility Program (CEP) on child body mass index (BMI). Through the CEP, schools with high percentages of students qualified for free or reduced-priced meals can offer free breakfast and lunch to all students. With administrative data from a large school district…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Low Income Groups, Lunch Programs, Eligibility
Assefa, Easaw Alemayehu – Educational Planning, 2023
According to the Ethiopia Ministry of Education (2015), school feeding initiatives, such as feeding children in food insecure conditions, providing educational resources, and school meals are essential for supporting access to general education. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of school feeding program on the academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 8, Hunger
Will Davis; Daniel Kreisman; Tareena Musaddiq – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
We estimate the effect of universal free school meal access through the Community Eligibility Program (CEP) on child BMI. Through the CEP, schools with high percentages of students qualified for free or reduced-priced meals can offer free breakfast and lunch to all students. With administrative data from a large school district in Georgia, we use…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Low Income Groups, Lunch Programs, Eligibility
Ibrahim Kasujja; Hugo Melgar-Quinonez; Joweria Nambooze – SAGE Open, 2023
Background: School feeding programs' evaluation requires the measurement of food insecurity, a more objective indicator, within school in low-income countries. The Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF) uses subjective indicators to report school feeding coverage rates across many countries that participate in the global survey of school meal…
Descriptors: Hunger, Food, Program Effectiveness, Psychometrics
Kirksey, J. Jacob; Gottfried, Michael A. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2021
With the rise in the availability of absenteeism data, it is clear that students are missing a staggering amount of school. Policymakers have focused efforts on identifying school programs that might reduce absenteeism. This study examined whether implementing the program "Breakfast After-the-Bell" (BAB) might reduce school absenteeism.…
Descriptors: Attendance, Breakfast Programs, Program Effectiveness, Nutrition
Dreibelbis, Carol; Lee, Hunji – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2022
FNS Research Corner provides a continuing series to summarize recently completed and current research conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) in the area of Child Nutrition Programs (CNPs). Summaries of recently completed research projects and in-progress research are provided in this article.
Descriptors: Nutrition, Child Health, Program Effectiveness, Federal Programs
Walker, Elaine; Sutherland, Marcia E.; Coppola, Nanci; Williams-Barker, Annalesa – Journal of School Health, 2021
Background: We assessed the cost-effectiveness and student outcomes related to providing breakfast in the classroom (BIC) setting versus breakfast in the traditional school cafeteria (Cafe). Methods: The sample included 2906 African American and Hispanic students attending urban elementary and middle schools in a city in the Northeastern United…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Cost Effectiveness, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
