Understanding students’ preferences on school mid-day meal menu in India

Ali, Jabir; Akbar, Mohammad

doi:10.1108/bfj-03-2014-0099

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“…The Government of India's mid-day meal programme targeting children studying at the primary and upper primary government and government-aided schools (Ali and Akbar, 2015) could also be viewed as a viable healthy eating initiative for private Indian secondary school canteens. Through the provision of free cooked meals, this school lunch programme aims to improve the nutritional profile, enrolment and attendance of about 120 million children in over 1.2 million schools across India (Ali and Akbar, 2015). The world's largest school lunch programme has been successful in reducing the protein, calorie and iron deficiencies among Indian children (Afridi, 2010).…”

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“…Indian private school children either consume home-prepared food during lunch break or purchase products from the school canteens (Rathi et al, 2017a), a custom commonly practiced in Australia and New Zealand (Maddock et al, 2005;Sanigorski et al, 2005;Worsley, 2008). On the other hand, Indian public schools (Ali and Akbar, 2015) share close resemblance with European schools (Samuelson, 2000;Tikkanen, 2009): both provide free cooked meals to their students. Paradoxically, the Indian Government does not impose any mandatory rules and regulations on either private or public schools with regard to nutrition and health promotion (Kaur et al, 2012).…”

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The role of Indian school canteens in nutrition promotion

Rathi

Riddell

Worsley

2018

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Purpose A school canteen can serve as an important setting for nutrition and health promotion. The purpose of this paper is to describe secondary school students’ perceptions of Indian school canteens. Design/methodology/approach Convenience sampling informed the recruitment of 1,026 year 9 students from nine private schools in Kolkata, India, and data were collected through self-completion of paper-based questionnaires. Frequencies and χ2 analyses were computed. Findings The school children reported that energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods like French fries (90.4 per cent), pizza (79.5 per cent) and cakes (69.2 per cent) were frequently available in the school canteens. However, only a few students (10.2 per cent) acknowledged the availability of nutritious foods like fruits. Only a small proportion of students were content with the nutritional quality of food supplied in the canteens (3.6 per cent), the cost of food (8.7 per cent) and availability of fresh foods like fruits (5.5 per cent). The provision of healthy foods in the school canteen was supported by two-thirds of the respondents (65.9 per cent); however, only a small proportion (18.3 per cent) supported the restriction of fried foods in school canteens. Practical implications These findings underscore the need for the design and implementation of healthy school canteen policies to foster healthy eating habits among Indian adolescents. Originality/value This is the first cross-sectional survey to investigate the views of adolescents regarding school food services in the Indian context.

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The role of Indian school canteens in nutrition promotion

Rathi

Riddell

Worsley

2018

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“…State government programs for children started in the 1962-63 school year with their introduction of a mid-day meal program in main schools. Some of the southern state has done good work in education field by implementing the MDM program as Tamil Nadu had implemented the MDM during the tenure of the chief minister K. Kamraj [5]. The scheme's aim is to assistance the efficiency of primary schooling by refining primary school children's nutritional status.…”

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“…1 million in 7, 92,000 students in 2000-01 the schools spread through 576 districts. The Countries/ small school enrolment and retention rates districts too under NP-NSPE had a low coverage [5]. Half-day meals besides helping to defeat caste prejudices gender equality also contributes.…”

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School Mid-Day Meal Program in India: Past, Present, and Future

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In 1995 the National Primary Education Nutrition Support Program was launched with two main objectives: Universalization of elementary education and enhancement of primary school student's nutritional status. The dominant government offered 100 g of wheat / rice per day to children in classes I to V throughout the province, local authorities and the Government helped the elementary schools. Hot cooked meals were provided by Kerala, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh and MP Cereals providing but other states and UTs provided 3 kg of cereals / month to 80 percent attendance for children. By 2001 there were more than 100 systems had served millions of students in 7, 92,000 colleges. In 2001, India's Supreme Court governed that midday meal (MDM) is a legitimate claim for school children, and also that the administration would have to deliver all primary school children with a hot cooked midday meal for 200 days. Universal primary schooling and MDM have also been accomplished in the last decade. MDM provides roughly 100 million children with hot cooked meals each day. MDM's cereal content is sufficient but MDM's pulse but vegetable quality is insufficient. Under-nourished school health facilities in coordination with MDM can be identified; Usage of the Body Mass Index (BMI) for aged for healthy and over-nourished children, as well as provide adequate therapy and treatment. If this method is implemented and regularly practiced, and the nutritional child is diagnosed can be considerably improved.

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“…Therefore, this paper intends to accentuate the above concern by seeking novel and noteworthy insights from the Indian version of a school feeding program: the mid-day meal scheme (MDMS). The MDMS facilitates free mid-day meals to children studying in primary and upper primary classes in government schools (Ali and Akbar, 2015a). Further, it is administered throughout the nation with the help of mid-day meal providers.…”

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Ensuring supplier participation toward addressing sustainability-oriented objectives of the mid-day meal supply chain

Roy

Charan

Schoenherr

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore and further explain the phenomena of supplier participation in addressing the sustainability-oriented objectives of a supply chain. Specifically, the paper explains how a buyer can integrate sustainability concerns among its suppliers. The study is based in the context of the Indian school feeding (mid-day meal) program and approaches the issue from the perspective of a mid-day meal provider. Design/methodology/approach This paper first explains how the mid-day meal providers in India explicitly address the social and economic dimensions of sustainability. Thereby, it conducts an exploratory case study on a renowned meal provider with the objective to understand the nature of its efforts toward supplier participation through in-depth interviews. Findings As evident in the case, from the buyer’s perspective, the key to success in winning supplier participation in addressing the sustainability-oriented supply chain objectives largely revolves around efforts along the critical aspects of policy development, policy implementation, and intent building with suppliers. Originality/value This paper propagates a threefold value by outlining the central importance of the focus on efforts and challenges for understanding supplier participation in sustainable supply chain management (SSCM). First, the paper is among the initial studies to focus on ground-level efforts and challenges for a mid-day meal provider, and outlines best practices. Second, the case presents revelatory insights on SSCM from the perspective of supplier participation. For example, it demonstrates the relevance of supply-chain-based social identification in governing supplier willingness to participate in a buyer’s SSCM. Third, the findings also extend critical implications toward SSCM theory and practice.

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Understanding students’ preferences on school mid-day meal menu in India

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The role of Indian school canteens in nutrition promotion

The role of Indian school canteens in nutrition promotion

School Mid-Day Meal Program in India: Past, Present, and Future

Ensuring supplier participation toward addressing sustainability-oriented objectives of the mid-day meal supply chain

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