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Schirm, Allen, Ed.; Kirkendall, Nancy, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2012
The National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, administered by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), are key components of the nation's food security safety net, providing free or low-cost meals to millions of schoolchildren each day. To qualify their children each year for free or…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, School Districts, Breakfast Programs, Nutrition
Millimet, Daniel L.; Tchernis, Rusty – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2009
While the rise in childhood obesity is clear, the policy ramifications are not. School nutrition programs such as the School Breakfast Program (SBP) have come under much scrutiny. However, the lack of experimental evidence, combined with non-random selection into these programs, makes identification of the causal effects of such programs…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Nutrition, Breakfast Programs, Context Effect