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Minnesota Gov. and vice presidential contender Tim Walz has championed his state’s free school meals policy.
Gov. Tim Walz used geographic information systems as a schoolteacher. How will that experience come into play if he and Kamala Harris win the White House in November?
Since nutrition standards were strengthened in 2010, eating at school provides many students with healthier food than is available cheaply elsewhere. Plus, reducing stigma increases the number of kids getting fed.
From soup and semolina to Jamie’s school dinners: the changing face of school meals in the UK.
One in ten secondary school students didn’t eat a single serving of fruits or vegetables daily.
Expanding free lunch programs could also reduce stigma for students, lower administrative burdens for schools and create jobs for communities.
The millions of US children whose parents can’t always afford enough nutritious food for their families get about a quarter of their calories from what they eat at school.
With obesity affecting so many students, it’s better to give them cheap, appealing food and drink choices at school.
Ghana’s school feeding programme has reached millions of children in the past 11 years. It does important work, but needs more support to grow and become sustainable.
In-school nutrition programmes can reduce the chances of children suffering from childhood obesity.
In the aftermath of the death of 22 schoolchildren in the state of Bihar in India, the Mid Day Meal (MDM) scheme, which provides free school lunches to more than 120 million children, has attracted widespread…
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