For over a century, countries have implemented school meals programmes to support pupils’ well-being, promote school attendance and academic performance, and provide a strong return on investment for their economies and future human capital.
The Milan Urban Food Policy Pact is the main legacy of the Universal Exhibition “Expo Milan 2015” Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life. The Milan Pact is a global commitment of mayors from around the world that considers food as an entry point for the sustainable development of growing cities.
The Welsh Government expects that every child and young person of compulsory school age will be offered the Healthy Child Wales Programme. School nursing services will provide equitable health provision for school age children across Wales by:
As part of the WFP school meals programme, WFP and the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) established the school kitchens model in 2021 to enhance the nutritional content of meals provided to primary school students.
It is well understood that when students are experiencing hunger, their ability to learn suffers. What is less understood is why this is the case and the role of the learning environment.
This policy sets the framework for school administrators to execute or deploy the means and measures in providing healthy and nutritious meals to students as well as to provide the avenue where students can enjoy a holistic wellness programme that involves both nutrition and physical exercise.
The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study is a large school-based survey carried out every four years in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for Europe.
Le Centre national d’étude des systèmes scolaires (Cnesco) organise un cycle de conférences de comparaisons internationales (CCI) en partenariat avec France Éducation international.
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.
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.