Research in Progress EXPECTED IN 2021 Child Nutrition Program Operations Study Ii, School Years 2016-17 And 2017-18 The Child Nutrition Program Operations Study II is a multiyear study designed to…
Research has suggested that gardening may be an effective strategy for encouraging vegetable consumption among young children (Savoie-Roskos, Wengren & Deward, 2017; Triador, Farmer, Maximova, Willos & Kootenay, 2014), and…
State agencies are responsible for administering multiple Federal child nutrition programs (CNP) including: National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), the Afterschool Snack Program, the Special Milk Program,…
Insufficient access to food for children during the summer has been a topic of concern for many years with the reported percentage of households with children that are food insecure…
Food defense describes the protection of the nation’s food supply from deliberate or intentional acts of contamination or tampering (United States Department of Agriculture [USDA] Food Safety and Inspection Service,…
Based on national participation rates, it is estimated that approximately 40% of children in grades K-12 bring packed lunches to school as opposed to participating in the National School Lunch…
As the new Editor of the Journal of Child Nutrition and Management, I am excited to present the Spring issue. As brief introduction, I am a faculty member at Iowa…
The foods consumed during the school day contribute substantially to adolescents’ daily energy intake and eating habits (Winpenny et al., 2017). Upon starting middle school, pupils often consider the relatively…