Higher Quality Intake From School Lunch Meals Compared With Bagged Lunches

Hur, Inyoung; Burgess-Champoux, Teri; Reicks, Marla

doi:10.1177/1941406411399124

Cited by 32 publications

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“…NSLP lunches provide a greater variety of dairy, fruits, and vegetables compared to lunches from home. 21 Elementary students who bring a lunch from home consume fewer total fruits and vegetables 22 and less fiber, 23 but more total calories 24 and are more likely to consume SSB and snacks high in added sugar and fats 25 while at school compared to NSLP participants. 24 NSLP participants are more likely to consume milk, fruit, and vegetables during lunch than nonparticipants.…”

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What's in Children’s Backpacks: Foods Brought from Home

Hubbard¹,

Must²,

Eliasziw³

et al. 2014

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Forty-one percent of elementary schoolchildren bring lunch to school on any given day. Fortyfive percent bring snacks. Surprisingly, little is known about the foods and beverages they bring. The present cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from the GREEN Project Lunch Box Study sought to: (1) characterize foods and beverages brought from home to school by elementary schoolchildren, and (2) compare the quality of packed lunches to National School Lunch Program (NSLP) standards and packed snacks to Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) requirements. Lunches and snacks from 626 elementary schoolchildren were assessed and evaluated using digital photography and a supplemental food checklist. Food and beverage types most likely to be provided for lunch were sandwiches (59%), snackfoods (42%), fruit (34%), desserts (28%), water (28%) and sugar-sweetened beverages (24%). Twenty-seven percent of lunches met at least three of five NSLP standards. At snack, snackfoods (62%), desserts (35%) and sugar-sweetened beverages (35%) were more common than fruits (30%), dairy foods (10%), and vegetables (3%). Only 4% of snacks met two of four CACFP standards. Future research is needed to understand the multiple determinants of food packing behavior, including constraints faced by families. School wellness policies should consider initiatives that work collaboratively with parents to improve the quality of foods brought from home.

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confidence: 99%

What's in Children’s Backpacks: Foods Brought from Home

Hubbard¹,

Must²,

Eliasziw³

et al. 2014

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

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“…12,14,[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] These studies used a wide variety of dietary data collection methods covering different time frames (e.g., 24-hour recalls and 1-to 3-day food observations) and were conducted with a variety of ages ranging from kindergarten to 12th grade. To our knowledge, no studies reported data over a full school week (5 consecutive days), with prekindergarten classes attending school, or compared differences among packed lunches between students.…”

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confidence: 99%

A Comparison of Fruits, Vegetables, Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, and Desserts in the Packed Lunches of Elementary School Children

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“…2,4,[8][9][10][11][12][13] Existing studies used a variety of data collection methods and timeframes such as 24-hour recalls and 1-to 3-day food observations and were conducted with a variety of ages ranging from kindergarten (K) to 12th grade. 2,4,[8][9][10][11][12][13] No studies reported data over a full school week (5 days) with pre-K classes attending public school and compared with the new NSLP standards. The purpose of this study was to examine the nutritional quality of packed lunches compared with school lunches served to pre-K and K children attending public school over 5 consecutive school days after implementation of the 2012 NSLP standards.…”

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confidence: 99%