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lunch; school lunch, etc ; cross-sectional studies; elementary schools; food security; kindergarten; nutritive value; plate waste; rice; Thailand; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Food waste globally affects food security and sustainability. There currently are few studies focusing on food waste in schools. The present study aimed to determine the meal quality and plate waste in school lunch programme in Thailand. This cross-sectional study was conducted in canteens of representing kindergarten and elementary schools in Southern Thailand within their real-life context. The ...
lunch, etc ; activists; food preparation; hunger; Mississippi; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Scholarly work at the intersections of food and critical race studies has long articulated the historic and pervasive effects of racial hierarchy on the work and culture that surrounds food preparation. Drawing upon such work, this paper conducts a close reading of Anne Moody’s Coming of Age in Mississippi to demonstrate how the author describes a broader system of racial oppression through her ow ...
lunch, etc ; childhood; environmental education; psychology; Chile; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Environmental education is regarded as a key instrument for promoting pro-environmental behavior in early childhood. In this paper, we analyze the transmission process within a personal value system including knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) regarding the consumption and disposal of plastics among school children, and the extent to which parents play a role in mediating that transmission. ...
National School Lunch Program; lunch, etc ; behavior; digital images; least squares; novel foods; nutrition education; plant source protein; plate waste; Show all 9 Subjects
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... To assess plate waste of plant-based protein entrees compared with regularly served meat-based entrees in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP).Plate waste data were collected before and after introducing the plant-based entrees, using digital photography and the quarter-waste method.National School Lunch Program participants in grades 6–8.Two newly developed plant-based protein entrees were in ...
lunch, etc ; exercise; landscapes; muscles; research; summer; winter; Show all 7 Subjects
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... This study aimed to explore whether a walk outdoors during a lunch break would promote restorative experiences for a sample of office workers (N = 52), compared to following instructions from an online video of progressive muscle relaxation. Furthermore, the study aimed to compare the impact of a walk during winter to a walk in a summer landscape. Compared to baseline measures, walking in winter a ...
lunch, etc ; fish consumption; meat; questionnaires; restaurants; temperature; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Objective: To evaluate the eating habits and satisfaction with the menu of students who use the University Restaurant at the Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro. Materials and Methods: 150 students participated in the research, of both sexes, aged 18 years or over, and users of the University Restaurant for at least six months. A questionnaire was applied, in which the presence of diseases, al ...
lunch, etc ; cafeterias; dietetics; physical activity; qualitative analysis; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Teachers are uniquely poised to support students’ healthy eating habits and physical activity. However, research is needed to examine the successes and challenges teachers face when implementing a school wellness initiative. The purpose of this study was to examine teachers’ experiences implementing and managing a pilot school wellness initiative where students had longer lunch and recess, and mor ...
lunch, etc ; blood glucose; breakfast; dinner; energy balance; glucose; metabolism; Show all 7 Subjects
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... AIM: This study aimed to examine the effect of lunches with different caloric contents (Study 1) and nutrient balances (Study 2) on dinner-induced postprandial glucose fluctuation. METHODS: Energy trial (Study 1): Thirteen healthy young participants (n = 10 men, n = 3 women) were investigated to determine the effects of different caloric intakes at lunch on glucose level variability. The study was ...
lunch, etc ; appetite; elementary schools; public health; school food service; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Online school canteen lunch ordering systems may offer a unique opportunity to support the implementation of school canteen nutrition polices, while delivering behavioural interventions directly to consumers to influence healthy student purchasing. This cluster randomised controlled trial aimed to test the effectiveness of a menu audit and feedback strategy alone, and in combination with online me ...
lunch, etc ; Mediterranean diet; breakfast; food quality; metabolism; probability; regression analysis; Show all 7 Subjects
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... A growing body of evidence has associated subjects with an evening chronotype with worse eating behaviours and poorer diet quality. However, only few studies have investigated the relationship between chronotype and Mediterranean diet (MD). The aim of this study was to better understand the chronotype influence on dietary habits and MD adherence in a large sample of Italian adults. A total of 1247 ...
lunch, etc ; breakfast; dinner; food frequency questionnaires; food groups; food intake; Show all 6 Subjects
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... We examined the relative validity of food intake for each meal type (breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks) and overall food intake obtained through the Meal-based Diet History Questionnaire (MDHQ). In total, 222 Japanese adults (111 for each sex) aged 30–76 years completed the web version of the MDHQ and then the 4-non-consecutive-day weighed dietary record (DR). The number of major food groups (n ...
Jaimie N. Davis; Katie Nikah; Matthew J. Landry; Sarvenaz Vandyousefi; Reem Ghaddar; Matthew Jeans; Michele Hockett Cooper; Bonnie Martin; Lyndsey Waugh; Shreela V. Sharma; Alexandra E. van den Berg
lunch, etc ; Internet; academic achievement; dietetics; gardens; randomized clinical trials; Texas; Show all 7 Subjects
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... School gardening programs have consistently been found to improve dietary behaviors in children. Although several quasi-experimental studies have also reported that school gardens can enhance academic performance, to date, no randomized controlled trial has been conducted to substantiate this. The objective of the study was to examine the effects of Texas Sprouts (TX Sprouts), a gardening, nutriti ...
lunch, etc ; Internet; behavior change; consumer behavior; food waste; waste reduction; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Consumer food waste is a growing issue that has a severe impact on the economy and the environment. Social media is an online communication tool that has the potential to reach a large proportion of the population with relative ease. However, it is unclear whether social media can be used to encourage consumers to reduce their food waste. To determine how social media is currently being used in fo ...
lunch, etc ; appetite; breakfast; circadian rhythm; dinner; diurnal variation; food preparation; people; Show all 8 Subjects
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... People exhibit a circadian rhythm in the variety of foods they eat. Many people happily eat the same foods for breakfast day after day, yet seek more variety in the foods they eat for lunch and dinner. We identify psychological goals as a driver of this diurnal pattern of variety seeking, complementing other biological and cultural drivers. People are more likely to pursue hedonic goals for meals ...
National School Lunch Program, etc ; appetite; farm to school; models; salads; Florida; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Farm to school (FTS) programs are becoming more prevalent throughout the United States. Yet, their impacts on students' behaviors are still not well understood. This study analyzes the impacts of introducing the local procurement aspect of a FTS program in a Florida school district on the number of National School Lunch Program (NSLP) meals served and the selection of salad meals prepared with FTS ...
lunch, etc ; foodways; gastronomy; greenhouse gases; peas; plant-based foods; sausages; vegetarian diet; Sweden; Show all 9 Subjects
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... A plant-rich meal pattern is widely considered to be one possible solution for a shift towards a more sustainable food culture that considerably decreases food-related greenhouse gas emissions globally. The public meal, in particular school meals, can ideally become a platform for developing multisectoral cooperation through culinary action, transforming food from being a commodity to part of a st ...
lunch, etc ; food groups; fruits; nutrition education; nutritional intervention; regression analysis; sensory evaluation; vegetables; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Purpose: To estimate the impact of a school-based nutrition education intervention in rural schools and schools with high free and reduced lunch (FRL) eligibility rates. Methods: As part of the evaluation of the Healthy Schools Healthy Students intervention, 20 schools were randomized to control and intervention conditions. Pre (October 2017) and posttest (April 2018) data were analyzed using mult ...
school lunch, etc ; computer software; laws and regulations; nutritive value; public health; variance; Sweden; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Sweden updated its legislation on universal free school meals in 2011 and nutrition was explicitly mentioned. The current study (i) describes cross-sectional changes in school lunch nutritional quality during the following eight years and (ii) examines if repeated self-auditing, using a fully automated, online tool (School Food Sweden), based on the implementation strategy of audit and feedback, w ...
lunch, etc ; appetite; cross-over studies; eating habits; microstructure; obesity; pasta; portion size; satiety; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Serving larger portions leads to increased food intake, but behavioral factors that influence the magnitude of this portion size effect have not been well characterized. We investigated whether measures of eating microstructure such as eating rate and bite size moderated the portion size effect. We also explored how sensory-specific satiety (SSS; the relative hedonic decline of a food as it is eat ...
lunch, etc ; appetite; breakfast; energy; food choices; issues and policy; nutrient content; sodium; sugars; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Nutrition and health claims (NHCs) can help individuals make better food choices. While NHCs have been found to influence consumer perceptions and consumption, there has been less focus on how claims influence the nutritional composition of servings. There has also been little attention paid to longer term or compensatory effects of claims on subsequent food selection. This manuscript details two ...