Institute of Child Nutrition Research Update

Alternative Breakfast, Special Provisions, and Discipline Outcomes Alicia Landry PhD, RDN, LDN, SNS and Stephanie Alsbrook MS, RDN; University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR.  Research Objectives The purpose of this…

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ICN Research Summary Current Research Studies

Keith Rushing, PhD, RD Director of Applied Research Division Institute of Child Nutrition Keith.Rushing@usm.edu The Institute of Child Nutrition, Applied Research Division (ICN, ARD) is located at The University of…

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Implementation and Evaluation of Farm-to-YOUth! A Fruit and Vegetable Produce Education Program

Most children in the United States do not eat the recommended amounts of fruit and vegetables, with about 60 and 93 percent of children consuming less than the recommended amounts…

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Time To Eat School Lunch Affects Elementary Students’ Nutrient Consumption

Schools are consistently identified as an optimum setting for establishing health habits in children (IOM, 2012). Revisions to the school meal patterns authorized by the Healthy and Hunger Free Kids…

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Farm-To-School Product Purchasing Frequencies Reported By School Food Service Employees

In 1998, the National Commission on Small Farms highlighted the need to develop local food systems to stop the decline of small farms across the United States (U.S. Department of…

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The Impact The Smarter Lunchroom Movement Strategies Have On School Children’s Healthy Food Selection And Consumption: A Systematic Review

In 2016, 30.4 million United States (US) children participated in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) (USDA, 2017). This program was created in 1946 through USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service…

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Management Of Food Allergies In Schools

Food allergies in the school nutrition environment continue to be an important food safety concern affecting approximately one in 25 school-aged children (Sicherer, Mahr, & the Section on Allergy and…

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Recognition Of JCNM Reviewers

The hallmark of a research journal is that submissions undergo a peer-review process. This peer review process helps ensure that manuscripts are of high quality, and that the results of…

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Editor’s Note

Greetings Readers! The Journal of Child Nutrition and Management is YOUR source for research or evidence-based information to guide decisions. Data driven decision making which is based on research or…

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