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Direct linkIddrisu, Issah – International Journal of Educational Management, 2018
Purpose: Maintaining the success of educational institutions largely depends on the teacher. It is the teacher whose main efforts and contribution help in achieving the goals in education. The purpose of this paper is to examine the current state of the programme delivery and how involving the active participation of the teacher will help enhance…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Semi Structured Interviews, Foreign Countries, Teacher Participation
Farris, Alisha R. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Over 50 million children attend public elementary and secondary schools in the United States each day. Children spend a substantial portion of their waking hours in school and consume one-third to one-half of their daily calories there, making schools a promising site to influence dietary quality and potentially the risk of childhood obesity.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Nutrition, Lunch Programs, Intervention
Torres, Irene; Simovska, Venka – Health Education, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the debate concerning community participation in school-based health education and health promotion, with regard to food and nutrition. Design/methodology/approach: Based on empirical data generated over the course of one year of fieldwork in three rural communities and schools in Ecuador, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, School Health Services, Health Promotion
Bergman, Ethan A.; Saade, Catherine; Shaw, Emily; Englund, Tim; Cashman, Linda; Taylor, Katie Weigt; Watkins, Tracee; Rushing, Keith – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2014
Purpose/Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the nutrient content of National School Lunch Program (NSLP) lunches and lunches brought from home (LBFH) lunches in elementary schools participating in the HealthierUS School Challenge (HUSSC). Methods: Participants included students in grades 2-5 in four Washington state HUSSC…
Descriptors: Child Health, Nutrition, Lunch Programs, Dietetics
Amin, Sarah A.; Yon, Bethany A.; Taylor, Jennifer C.; Johnson, Rachel K. – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2014
Purpose/Objectives: Increasing children's fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption is an important goal for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). In 2012 the NSLP began requiring students to select a FV. The objective of this study was to compare children's FV choices in two school cafeteria environments a year before these new USDA regulations…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Food, Elementary School Students, Comparative Analysis
Young, Kathleen D.; Snelling, Anastasia; Maroto, Maya; Young, Katherine A. – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2013
Purpose/Objectives: In 2010, a large urban school district implemented a district-wide school wellness policy that addressed childhood obesity by requiring schools to increase health and physical education contact hours for students and to improve the nutritional standards of school meals. Schools were required to serve a different fruit and…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Nutrition, Food Service, Food Standards
Bereza, John Matthew – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study is to make transparent the current National School Lunch Program (NSLP). The first mission of this project is to clarify how the NSLP functions on a day-to-day basis in Columbus, Ohio. Columbus is used as a sample city, yet the aim of this research is to be transferable to other locations. The second objective is to…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Obesity, Lunch Programs, Nutrition
Carr, Deborah H.; Cross, Evelina W. – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2008
Objectives: The objectives were to investigate the operational requirements for offering healthful vended reimbursable lunches to students and to identify barriers to implementation. Methods: A descriptive case study method was utilized to explore the operations of two school nutrition programs offering vended reimbursable lunches. Two school…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, High School Students, Equipment, Retailing
Forrestal, Sarah G.; Issel, L. Michele; Kviz, Frederick J.; Chávez, Noel – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2008
Purpose/Objectives: The National School Lunch Program is well situated to address the vulnerability of lower income children at increased risk for both under and overnutrition. Evidence suggests, however, that a significant amount of food served in the program goes uneaten. One way to monitor this problem is through children's self-reported plate…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Children, Eating Habits, Lunch Programs
