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Examining Food Security among Minority Student Groups, with Particular Attention on Diversity and Inclusion
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Jean Pierre Enriquez; David Ader – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To identify signs of food insecurity (FI) and coping strategies among university students from three minority groups. Participants: Participants consisted of 3155 university students: 25.58% first-generation, 16.86% nonwhite, and 4.63% international. Methods: Students answered a questionnaire composed of the 2-item Hunger Vital Sign for…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Hunger, Student Diversity, Coping
Second Servings and a La Carte Sales to Elementary Children in the National School Lunch Program and Potential Implications for Childhood Obesity
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Wilder, Amanda J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The sale of second servings and/or a la carte purchases made by elementary students participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) was investigated in this mixed methods case study. The percentage of elementary students in one school district who purchase second servings and/or a la carte items, in addition to the regularly purchased…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Eating Habits, Mixed Methods Research, Case Studies
Participation in the National School Lunch Program: Importance of School-Level and Neighborhood Contextual Factors
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Mirtcheva, Donka M.; Powell, Lisa M. – Journal of School Health, 2009
Background: This study examined the effect of stigma (proxied by school-level peer participation), neighborhood food environment, and demographic characteristics on participation in the U.S. Department of Agriculture National School Lunch Program (NSLP). Methods: The 1997 and 2003 waves of the Child Development Supplement to the Panel Study of…
Descriptors: National Programs, Lunch Programs, Student Participation, Context Effect
Selecting Policy Indicators and Developing Simulation Models for the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs. Final Report. Special Nutrition Programs Report Series. Special Nutrition Programs Report No. CN-10-PRED
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Dragoset, Lisa; Gordon, Anne – US Department of Agriculture, 2010
This report describes work using nationally representative 2005 data from the School Nutrition Dietary Assessment-III (SNDA-III) study to develop a simulation model to predict the potential implications of changes in policies or practices related to school meals and school food environments. The model focuses on three domains of outcomes: (1) the…
Descriptors: National Programs, Lunch Programs, Breakfast Programs, Nutrition