Talk:School meal

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Welfare link

I'm adding a link here to Welfare. I hope it's okay. They're closely related. Stars4change (talk) 06:19, 1 February 2009 (UTC) I think it should have more information every sentence stfu —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.134.38.34 (talk) 12:04, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

The welfare link should be removed school lunches have little to do with welfare. Neosiber (talk) 04:49, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Picture

It says the picture is from 1936, but the program didn't start until 1946. So which is right? Neosiber (talk) 04:48, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Berkeley Food System project

I added some information on the Berkeley Food System project which serves to educate children and parents about healthy eating by putting healthier foods in school lunches as well as to have gardens where children will grow their own vegetables to learn more about healthy eating. sonia_ali786 (talk)

Comparison with the 1950s

A 1999 survey by the Medical Research Council suggested that despite rationing, children in 1950 had healthier diets than their counterparts in the 1990s, with more nutrients and lower levels of fat and sugar.[11]

However, comparing 1999 with 1950 would also show a significantly higher level of disposable income across the board in 1999, which means that it would actually be affordable for parents to provide "healthy food" for their children at home, if the school option is so bad. But I suppose thats a bit too much effort, isnt it. Perhaps the school should also be responsible for wiping the kids' asses and taking them to the bloody seaside as well? Or maybe the semi educated lisping Mockney wanker Jamie Oliver will campaign for THAT as well...... What a bunch of fucking shit.

Your opinion dosnt matter. Fact does. Also sign your posts 68.81.196.123 (talk) 22:01, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Healthfullness of school meals

The claim that school meals are a cause of obesity is unsupportable. The one article cited showed obesity was associated with eating school lunch, but does not show that school meals cause obesity.570cjk (talk) 15:06, 29 November 2011 (UTC) I doubt that the standard of nutrition amongst British children fell from the 1950's to the 1990's due to Margaret Thatcher! More likely the introduction of American junk food was the cause. 1950's food was plain, unprocessed and healthy. How much junk food would that describe?JohnC (talk) 08:27, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Meal clarification

It would be helpful if the meals were referred to as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. The term 'dinner', used frequently in this article is ambiguous, depending greatly on culture. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.136.13.242 (talk) 19:46, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Branching out to create "School Feeding in Low Income Countries"

I have been looking over the School Meals article and think that it would be very valuable to examine school feeding in low-income countries beyond what has been mentioned on this page. I think this would be best done on a new page, which examines school feeding programs run by international organizations and NGOs in an effort to improve overall global development, nutrition, and education statuses, as opposed to the government-run school meal programs mentioned in this article that are welfare-focused, and sustained by "marketing and a push for healthier meals." I am contributing to Wikipedia as part of my "Gender and Development" course and Rice University, and have found what I believe is a tremendous opportunity to collaborate with the rest of the Wikipedia world to create a new page entitled "School Feeding in Low-Income Countries" that focuses on the capacity for school feeding to improve international development, as well as access to education for girls. I think that the School Meals page that currently exists is very valuable, as any child will benefit from readily available nutritious food, but I would like to expand the scope of information available on Wikipedia. Laurenpedia (talk) 22:30, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Proposed merge with Free school meal

The pages have considerable over-lapping content and could both use improved referencing and coherency that a good merger would bring. Mountain^cirque 15:45, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Suggested Edits from Carnegie Mellon (Intertwine) Group Discussion

Participants: KentView (talk) 21:39, 7 October 2017 (UTC), Carterschram (talk) 21:34, 7 October 2017 (UTC), J.Prakash2344 (talk) 21:33, 7 October 2017 (UTC), Dolancaa (talk) 21:33, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

Session Edits: ['Citation needed' tag added to Lead Section second paragraph, changed location of citation 1 to link directly to pdf of article, 'Citation needed' tag added to Types: Free School Meals section, paragraph 1, sentence 2. Added Types Subheading "Full-Priced school meals" ]

• Lead section lacking citations (citation needed tag). Lead section tone is advocating for school meal programs. Few sources cited that explain the challenges of providing school meals as well as why this problem may have been resulted as a result of policy, financial inequality, etc.
• 2nd paragraph lacks citations for assertions.
• 'Stigma' section lacks citations. Other issues with Stigma section:
• The students' avoidance of school lunches due to stigma of receiving free or reduced priced lunches is discussed in the 'Stigma' section, but student's lack of participation due to poor quality food is not discussed. Maybe 'Stigma' could be moved to a new section ("Barriers to Participation" ?) that would discuss reasons students would decline participation in lunch programs that could include issues such as Stigma, Poor Quality, Availibility, etc.
• Use of pictures of school meals from WA DC USA is maybe not the best image to use in the Lead Section. Use of 2 pictures of school meals from the USA is over-representative of USA meals in Lead Section, could be improved by having 1 picture of USA school meal and 1 picture of a school meal from a different part of the world.
• Some citations are from poorly-sourced websites or biased news articles.
• In the Types section: Full-Cost meal plans section needs to be expanded.
• USA section: snack or less than full lunch meal options are not discussed: does not explain the differences between different types of meals offered.
• History Section: first line is not cited and needs to be moved to the end of the History section or to a new section ("Emerging Issues" ??). Not a good opener line when discussing school meals in historical context. Obesity could be linked to lack of exercise, not necessarily low nutrition.
• Lack of discussion of school meals different geographic areas. In particular Africa and Eastern Europe are underrepresented.

Links Viewed

http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.654.9233&rep=rep1&type=pdf

https://schoolnutrition.org/AboutSchoolMeals/SchoolMealTrendsStats/

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2005/mar/30/schoolmeals.schools1

http://hgsf-global.org/en/bank/downloads/doc_details/476-global-school-feeding-sourcebooklessons-from-14-countries

Healthy and hunger-free act 2010

The article doesn't have all of the information provided cited and some of the information is a little outdated. I’m going to add citations to the sections that don’t have any. Im going to add information about Michelle Obama’s “healthy, hunger-free kids act of 2010” and President Trump’s recent roll back on the reform. I would like to include the requirements that are necessary to obtain free and reduced lunches. LinayaBradford (talk) 15:37, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

Healthy and hunger free act of 2010

The article does not have all of the information provided cited and some of the information is a little outdated. I’m going to add citations to the sections that don’t have any. Im going to add information about Michelle Obama’s “healthy, hunger-free kids act of 2010” and President Trump’s recent roll back on the reform. I would like to include the requirements that are necessary to obtain free and reduced lunches. LinayaBradford (talk) 15:39, 13 February 2019 (UTC)Linaya

Semi-protected edit request on 16 May 2019

I want to edit this site because I sincerely feel like it needs more work, is not that i don't like it the problem is that you need to are more things cause in some schools the don't give that kind of food am aware of that because my child told me. I really want to improve this article. thanks for having the patience of reading this. NASG6012 (talk) 13:47, 16 May 2019 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 7 January 2020

Israel is not mentioned throughout the article and I'd like you to look into Israel's School meals history too. Thanks for your time. 2A00:A040:198:F35D:7C8E:1547:4C3A:67B7 (talk) 09:38, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Cannolis (talk) 11:19, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 January 2021

2601:4C4:C300:BCB:38DA:EF76:6D73:47E3 (talk) 20:24, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

To fix typo someone made.

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Elliot321 (talk | contribs) 21:13, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 January 2021 (2)

I want to add more information Hhiiiiiih (talk) 20:27, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

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hi

hi Raspberry161 (talk) 15:09, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

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Small Typo

Location: School meals in the United States, contents and nutritional guidelines, 2nd paragraph.

Typo: says USAD has allowed exemptions to whole wheat standards, but linked article lists USDA as allowing the exemption to the standards

Current Text

 The levels of sodium were to be reduced but these efforts have been postponed for at least 3 years due to inappropriate planning. To avoid further conflict between the senate and the administration, the USAD has tolerated exemptions pertaining to the whole grain standard and allowed schools to do what they find necessary to finding a more fitting solution.[84]

Fixed Text

The levels of sodium were to be reduced but these efforts have been postponed for at least 3 years due to inappropriate planning. To avoid further conflict between the senate and the administration, the USDA has tolerated exemptions pertaining to the whole grain standard and allowed schools to do what they find necessary to finding a more fitting solution.[84]

 Done Cannolis (talk) 02:11, 31 March 2022 (UTC)