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Welcome to the Spring 2025 Issue of the Journal of Child Nutrition & Management!
Please consider submitting manuscripts to the Journal to further the dissemination of research and other relevant information in our field. Articles can be submitted in one of the following categories: 1) Commentary, 2) Current Issue, 3) Practical Solution, 4) Research in Action, or 5) Research Briefs. Information on JCNM contribution and reprint guidelines can be found at the following link.
Recognition Of Reviews
To everyone who served as a peer reviewer for this issue, thank you! Your contributions make this publication possible! Please consider supporting the efforts of the Journal of Childhood Nutrition & Management by serving as a reviewer or by nominating a colleague. For more information, please do not hesitate to contact: Keith.rushing@usm.edu.
In This Issue
There are three Research in Action (RIA) articles, one Research Brief article, and one Practical Solutions article. In the first RIA article, researchers investigated the methods and strategies adopted by child nutrition directors in southeastern U.S. schools to maintain efficient and safe school meal distribution during COVID-19. For the second RIA article, researchers aimed to determine the type and number of special diets and current policies and practices for accommodating special diets beyond standard meal patterns. In the third RIA article, the researchers explored principal, foodservice staff, and parent perceptions of implementing reusable serviceware in elementary school lunch settings. For the brief research article, researchers assessed the feasibility of an egg-based universally-free breakfast in the classroom versus a traditional school breakfast program for middle-schoolers. In the practical solutions article researchers explained the use of the Massachusetts School Wellness Coaching Model for providing guided support for the development and implementation of local school wellness policies. In the Additional Content section, representatives from USDA Food and Nutrition Services provided an update of ongoing research.
Keith Rushing, PhD, RD
Editor, Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, School Nutrition Association
https://schoolnutrition.org/JCNM/
keith.rushing@usm.edu