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Table of Contents

May 13, 2024

Table of Contents Volume 48, Issue 1, Spring 2024 Editor’s Note – Introduction and Overview of the issue Research In…


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Editor’s Note

May 13, 2024

Welcome to the Spring Issue of The Journal of Child Nutrition & Management (JCN&M)!

Keith Rushing, PhD, RD

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Strategies to Address Food Waste in K-12 Schools: A Narrative Review

May 13, 2024

As child nutrition professionals broaden their focus to support sustainability, including food waste, there is a need to assess interventions that improve student school meal consumption in schools participating in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program without generating more food waste. The purpose of this review was to provide a narrative summary of the literature describing modifications and interventions to the school breakfast and lunch environment aimed at decreasing food waste in K–12 schools in the United States.

Sara Elnakib, PHD, MPH, RDN, Matthew J. Landry, PHD, RDN, LDN, Alisha R. Farris, PHD, RDN and Carmen Byker Shanks, PHD, RDN

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A Qualitative Analysis of Elementary Education Student’s Perceptions of Breakfast in the Classroom Before and After an Educational Video Intervention

May 13, 2024

The purpose of this study was to qualitatively assess Elementary Education (El Ed) students’ readiness to implement breakfast in the classroom (BIC) and identify whether an educational video could improve their perception of BIC as a model for breakfast delivery.

Kelsey Anderson, BS, Brooklyn Bezzant, BS, Camilla Jensen, MS, RDN and Nathan Stokes, PHD

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Produce Food Safety and Farm to School Initiatives: School Nutrition Personnel Perspectives

May 13, 2024

The purpose of this study was to identify farm to school nutrition program coordinators perceptions about the food safety of produce in farm to school activities.

Paola Paez, PHD, Kevin Sauer, PHD, RDN, LD, FAND and Kevin Roberts, PHD

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Grow. Prepare. Eat: Lessons Learned from a Summer Virtual Food Literacy Program

May 13, 2024

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a summer virtual food literacy program on third through fifth graders’ dietary patterns, food literacy knowledge and skills, and self-efficacy regarding eating.

Erin Comollo, MEd, EdD, Peggy Policastro, PHD, RDN, Abigail Katelyn David , MPH and Gabriela Harrison , BS

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FNS Research Corner

May 13, 2024

Summary of Research The FNS Research Corner is a continuing series that summarizes current school nutrition research conducted by the…

Susannah Barr, PHD, Child Nutrition Research and Analysis Division

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Peer Reviewers For 2024

May 13, 2024

Acknowledgment The Journal of Child Nutrition & Management would like to acknowledge the individuals below who generously served as a…


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