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Direct linkHeather J. Leidy; Steve M. Douglas; Kathy A. Greaves – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2025
Breakfast skipping in young people has been strongly associated with reduced cognitive performance and school grades, attendance and disciplinary concerns, reduced health and well-being, and an increased risk of obesity. The school breakfast program (SBP) was implemented to improve nutrition and diet quality for all school-aged children and teens.…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Breakfast Programs, Nutrition, Dietetics
Will Davis; Daniel Kreisman; Tareena Musaddiq – Education Finance and Policy, 2024
We estimate the effect of universal free school meal access through the Community Eligibility Program (CEP) on child body mass index (BMI). Through the CEP, schools with high percentages of students qualified for free or reduced-priced meals can offer free breakfast and lunch to all students. With administrative data from a large school district…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Low Income Groups, Lunch Programs, Eligibility
Download full textAssefa, Easaw Alemayehu – Educational Planning, 2023
According to the Ethiopia Ministry of Education (2015), school feeding initiatives, such as feeding children in food insecure conditions, providing educational resources, and school meals are essential for supporting access to general education. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of school feeding program on the academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 8, Hunger
Will Davis; Daniel Kreisman; Tareena Musaddiq – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
We estimate the effect of universal free school meal access through the Community Eligibility Program (CEP) on child BMI. Through the CEP, schools with high percentages of students qualified for free or reduced-priced meals can offer free breakfast and lunch to all students. With administrative data from a large school district in Georgia, we use…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Low Income Groups, Lunch Programs, Eligibility
Kirksey, J. Jacob; Gottfried, Michael A. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2021
With the rise in the availability of absenteeism data, it is clear that students are missing a staggering amount of school. Policymakers have focused efforts on identifying school programs that might reduce absenteeism. This study examined whether implementing the program "Breakfast After-the-Bell" (BAB) might reduce school absenteeism.…
Descriptors: Attendance, Breakfast Programs, Program Effectiveness, Nutrition
Liu, Yanli; Yao, Jijun; Li, Wenye; Cai, Ru; Zhou, Shike – Science Insights Education Frontiers, 2020
To improve children's academic achievements, parents often try to provide them with adequate nutrition or/and send them to attend extracurricular tutoring classes. The effect of extracurricular tutoring on students' performance has been well explored, whereas no rigorous empirical study was conducted to observe the relationship between breakfast…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Extracurricular Activities, Tutorial Programs, Program Effectiveness
Walker, Elaine; Sutherland, Marcia E.; Coppola, Nanci; Williams-Barker, Annalesa – Journal of School Health, 2021
Background: We assessed the cost-effectiveness and student outcomes related to providing breakfast in the classroom (BIC) setting versus breakfast in the traditional school cafeteria (Cafe). Methods: The sample included 2906 African American and Hispanic students attending urban elementary and middle schools in a city in the Northeastern United…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Cost Effectiveness, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
Corcoran, Sean P.; Elbel, Brian; Schwartz, Amy Ellen – Institute for Education and Social Policy, 2014
Participation in the federally-subsidized school breakfast program often falls well below its lunchtime counterpart. To increase take-up, many districts have implemented Breakfast in the Classroom (BIC), offering breakfast directly to students at the start of the school day. Beyond increasing participation, advocates claim BIC improves academic…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Program Effectiveness, Obesity, Body Weight
