Eating at School: How the National School Lunch Program Affects Children's Diets

Gleason, Philip; Suitor, Carol West

doi:10.1111/1467-8276.00507

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“…First, a nutritionally balanced meal provided early in the day can improve student health when the meal received otherwise is inferior. Some research suggests greater levels of health and nutrient intake can benefit student cognitive performance, improving academic performance and learning efficacy (Kleinman et al, 2002;Gleason and Suitor, 2003;Florence et al, 2008, Kawafha, 2013. Second, the incentive of meal provision-in addition to improved health and nutrition-may reduce tardiness and have positive effects on overall student attendance rates (Kleinman et al, 2002).…”

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The effect of health education programs for parents about breakfast on students' breakfast and their academic achievement in the north of Jordan

Kawafheh¹,

Hamdan²,

Abozeid³

et al. 2014

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Background: Breakfast is often said to be the most important meal of the day, there is a significant evidence of positive academic effects due to breakfast consumption. Objectives: The purpose of this study is to examine whether the health education intervention about breakfast for parents leads to improvement in students' breakfast intake and their academic achievements, it also aims at investigating the effect of students' gender and class on their performance. Methods: The sample of the study was selected by random sampling technique. It consisted of (234) students, (115) male and (119) female students at Fatima Bent Al Yaman school for girls and Khaled Ben Al Walid school for boys in Irbid the first Directorate of Education in the first semester 2013/2014 and was distributed into four sections, which were selected purposefully two female sections and two male sections. Results: findings of the study indicated that there were statistically significant differences in the post- tests between the control and the experimental groups in favor of the experimental group which their parents were exposed to health education intervention about breakfast, and there was no statistically significant difference in the students' achievement due to gender or to the interaction between gender and group. Conclusion: breakfast has a positive effect on students’ academic performance. Keywords: Academic Achievement, Health Education Programs, School Children.

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The effect of health education programs for parents about breakfast on students' breakfast and their academic achievement in the north of Jordan

Kawafheh¹,

Hamdan²,

Abozeid³

et al. 2014

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“…The third group is most relevant to our study. Within this group, Gleason and Suitor (2003) focus on NSLP participation and use student-level fixed effects to control for nonrandom selection. The authors find that NSLP participation increases intake of nutrients, but also increases intake of dietary fat.…”

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School Nutrition Programs and the Incidence of Childhood Obesity

Millimet¹,

Tchernis²,

Hussain³

2010

J. Human Resources

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“…Table 4.3 catalogs the studies we review. Gleason and Suitor (2003) compare observations of dietary intake for an individual across multiple days that vary by whether the student does or does not receive a school lunch, and find mixed evidence on nutrition intake. They find that NSLP increases the consumption of fat, protein, and six types of vitamins and minerals, but that it has no overall impact on total calories eaten at lunch or over a 24-hour period.…”

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confidence: 99%