International Comparisons of School Feeding: Case Studies from France and Japan (with Tina Moffat) (original) (raw)
School Feeding Programs: What Happens Globally?
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
School feeding programs (SFPs) are an important effort to address food insecurity, improve nutritional education, and ultimately improve health outcomes. The objective of this research was to describe the nutritional, cultural, food safety, and agro-family participation of SFPs in different countries and observe the SFP in low-middle and high-income countries to establish disparities. The study followed documentary research of SFP official online resources complemented by a literature review. The programs were assessed in four criteria: (1) nutritional aspects, (2) cultural aspects, (3) food safety, and (4) agro-family participation. Out of 192 countries registered, 117 countries (60.93%) have an SFP, and only 8 (4.16%) do not have SFPs. A total of 67 countries (34.89%) did not have an official online resource and did not respond to follow-up emails. Out of the 117 countries with SFP, all of them had a detailed description of their nutritional aspects, cultural aspects (11.96%), foo...
A review of the progress of school meal programs in the globe
2014
This paper focuses on the implications of school food programs in relation to school-aged children’s nutritional status and education performance. By comparing the literature produced in the developed world with those from the least developed countries, this article will, through its situational analysis, show the strengths and weaknesses of school food programs by highlighting three integrated issues: firstly, to analysis the vicious cycle of food shortage intake and education performance among poor school children; secondly, to analyze and compare two models of school food programs to show how school meals programs help in reducing the risk of school withdraw and improve the school child performance; and thirdly, to reconsider alternative policies, approaches and practices of school food programs that promote school child nutrition status and maintain better child education performance for poor undernourished children.
2014
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The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is the Nation's second largest food and nutrition assistance program. In 2006, it operated in over 101,000 public and nonprofit private schools and provided over 28 million low-cost or free lunches to children on a typical school day at a Federal cost of $8 billion for the year. This report provides background information on the NSLP, including historical trends and participant characteristics. It also addresses steps being taken to meet challenges facing administrators of the program, including tradeoffs between nutritional quality of foods served, costs, and participation, as well as between program access and program integrity. (Contains 2 tables and 7 figures.)
Community-led school feeding practices
2012
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Comparative Study of School Feeding Program in SAARC Countries
School Feeding Program is run in almost all the countries across the world as it aims to create the world where the opportunities of economic growth can reach out to the vulnerable children of the society. School meals act as magnet to attract large numbers of children to the academic world, it does not only drive children towards formal system of schooling but also provides them with nutritious diet which is prerequisite of every living being. Through this paper we assess the relative importance of the school meals that is being served to the children in the SAARC region. This analytic study will be based on the reports, journal and other information collected from reliable sources. The aim is to analyze the feeding program in the SAARC region that consists of 8 countries out of which Maldives does not run any food program for its children. The SAARC region has been chosen as it is one of the dominating regions in the international context especially in South Asia. The region is also known to have the largest numbers of school meal beneficiaries across the globe. The findings indicate the strategies of offering meals adopted in different SAARC countries as well analyzes their investment plans to improve the child nutrition in the region. It also reveals that the kind of meals being served in the schools highly depends upon the income of the country.
The National School Lunch Program: Background, Trends, and Issues
2008
The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is the Nation’s second largest food and nutrition assistance program. In 2006, it operated in over 101,000 public and nonprofit private schools and provided over 28 million low-cost or free lunches to children on a typical school day at a Federal cost of $8 billion for the year. This report provides background information on the NSLP, including historical trends and participant characteristics. It also addresses steps being taken to meet challenges facing administrators of the program, including tradeoffs between nutritional quality of foods served, costs, and participation, as well as between program access and program integrity.
The Partnership for Child Development (PCD) was established in 1992 to help coordinate global efforts to assess the developmental burden of ill health and poor nutrition at school age. It brings together a consortium of countries, donor organisations and centres of academic excellence to design and test strategies to improve the health and education of school-age children. The Partnership has international agency support from UNDP, WHO, UNICEF, The World Bank and British DFID, and is sustained through support from participating governments, the Rockefeller, Edna McConnell Clark and James S McDonnell Foundations and the Wellcome Trust. The Scientific Coordinating Centre for the Partnership is based at: