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Comparison of Student BMI before and after the National School Lunch Program Nutritional Changes of 2012
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Ritenour, Cris Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study examined differences in grade school students' BMI percentiles before and after the "Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act" of 2012 and factors that may have influenced those differences. Using publically available data from the Pennsylvania Departments of Health and Education, a comparative analysis of BMI percentiles, ethnicity,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Body Composition, Lunch Programs, National Programs
Implementing an Effective and Efficient System to Manage the National School Lunch Program in a Private PreK-12 School: An Action Research Study
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Rafidi, Jessica A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
To ensure the health of children in the United States, and to encourage the domestic consumption of nutritious agricultural commodities, President Harry S. Truman signed the National School Lunch Act. The Act, a federally assisted meal program established as a national security measure, was signed on June 4, 1946. Today, the National School Lunch…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, National Programs, Management Systems, Private Schools
School Administrators' Use of the National School Lunch Program to Address the Needs of Students Living in Poverty
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Geddis, Alicia M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
According to a 2007 U.S. Census report, 43% of children in America younger than six are classified as low income (U.S. Census Bureau, 2007). The USDA (2008a, 2009a) indicated 17.1% of school-aged children are classified as overweight; an additional 15% are at risk of becoming overweight; and approximately 17.2 million children are living in…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, National Programs, Administrators, Poverty