Este estudio de caso sobre los programas de alimentación escolar forma parte de una colección liderada por la Comunidad de Práctica "Buenos Ejemplos" del Consorcio de Investigación para la Salud y la Nutrición Escolar.

This school meals case study forms part of a collection led by the Research Consortium for School Health and Nutrition’s "Good Examples" Community of Practice.

The global shift away from healthy, diverse, and sustainable diets threatens children’s health and futures.

School meal programmes are thought to improve dietary behaviour in children, with benefits sustained throughout the life course, making them important catalysts for wider food-system change. However, only one in five children globally currently receives school meals.

Food education in schools is increasingly being adopted as one of the key policy levers to support the shift towards healthier and more sustainable food practices worldwide. However, the way in which food education is designed and implemented is not often conducive to such goals.

Integrated health and nutrition packages in schools have been shown to be a cost-effective approach to support children’s well-being and academic achievement; yet few countries adequately invest in promoting such integration.

This study investigated smallholder farmers' access and participation in the Home Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSFP) market and the uptake of a mobile phone platform (MPP) in HGSFP procurement in Tharaka Nithi, Kitui and Kilifi Counties of Kenya.

This study examined the effect of a school-based nutrition and WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) education on low body mass index (BMI;<18.5 kg/m2) and malnutrition symptoms among adolescents in Gojra.

The scale and near universality of school closures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the vital role schools play in protecting the health and wellbeing of learners.

Poor nutritional choices and unhealthy behaviors are considered responsible for the rise in childhood overweight and obesity and may reinforce each other, creating a vicious cycle.