The Fall 2024 issue of SNA’s academic publication, the Journal of Child Nutrition & Management (JCN&M), is available now! With peer-reviewed, scholarly articles exploring a range of topics in child nutrition, JCN&M will keep you up to date on new research, best practices and trends relevant to everyone in the school nutrition field.
Check out these articles included in the Fall 2024 issue, and click here to read the full issue:
Training Needs of School Nutrition Professionals: The Perspective of Oklahoma Child Nutrition Directors: Cooking for Kids, a culinary training program for school nutrition professionals, conducted an assessment with key personnel in Oklahoma school nutrition programs to better understand the current training and resource needs of this population.
The results showed that:
- Training on meal pattern requirements and how to motivate staff is most needed.
- School nutrition professionals also wanted access to more Cooking for Kids recipes.
- The biggest challenges school nutrition professionals face are limited staffing, concern for student satisfaction and time management.
By Taylor Peabody, MPH, RD, Deana Hildebrand, PhD, RD, Cassidy Ring, MS, CHES, Callie Fowler Farish
Promoting Fruit and Vegetable Consumption by Offering Healthy Appetizers and Increased Item Choice in School Cafeterias: Researchers conducted studies at two elementary schools to assess whether low-cost changes could be implemented to increase student fruit and vegetable consumption during school lunch time.
The results? Small changes such as offering multiple fruit and vegetable options for students and offering them as appetizers instead of during normal lunch time increased fruit and vegetable consumption significantly!
By Jessica Green, Robin McClave, MS, CHES, Charis V. R. Edwards, Travertine Garcia, MPH, RD, Samantha Reilly, MS, RD
Institute of Child Nutrition Applied Research Division Research Update: Learn about recently completed and ongoing research from the Institute of Child Nutrition Applied Research Division.
You’ll find an overview of studies on these child nutrition topics and more:
- Current food trends in K-12 foodservice
- Challenges, support systems and culinary training needs in child nutrition programs
- Incorporating culture-specific menu items in school meals
- How to overcome the challenges of serving scratch-prepared foods in school meal programs
- How to use social media as a training resource for child nutrition employees
By Marjuyua Lartey, PhD, RD
Interested in contributing? The Journal is now seeking submissions for the Spring 2025 and Fall 2025 issues on a variety of child nutrition topics, including nutrition standards and education, administration, food safety, marketing and more.
Click here to review the contribution guidelines. For more information, please email JCN&M editor, Keith Rushing, PhD, RD, at keith.rushing@usm.edu.
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