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Monique 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
Ohio 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
Kelly Patlan; Beth Boulay; Meaghan Glenn; Kelly Lack; Lauren Frey; Zachary Epstein; Anna Robinson; Eleanor Elmudesi; Georgia Rawhouser-Mylet; Gabriela Antonova; Lauren Olsho – US Department of Agriculture, 2024
A program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), Team Nutrition Training Grants have two objectives: to develop the knowledge and skills of School Nutrition Managers such that they are able (1) to assist students participating in the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program in making…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Grants, Nutrition Instruction, Lunch Programs
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Heather J. Leidy; Steve M. Douglas; Kathy A. Greaves – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2025
Breakfast skipping in young people has been strongly associated with reduced cognitive performance and school grades, attendance and disciplinary concerns, reduced health and well-being, and an increased risk of obesity. The school breakfast program (SBP) was implemented to improve nutrition and diet quality for all school-aged children and teens.…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Breakfast Programs, Nutrition, Dietetics
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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