Sustainable school feeding programs

2021 ◽  
pp. 123-139
Author(s):  
Najla Veloso ◽  
Flavia Schwartzman
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Programs ◽  
School Feeding

scholarly journals Intergenerational nutrition benefits of India’s national school feeding program

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suman Chakrabarti ◽  
Samuel P. Scott ◽  
Harold Alderman ◽  
Purnima Menon ◽  
Daniel O. Gilligan
Keyword(s):  
Low Socioeconomic ◽  
Feeding Programs ◽  
School Feeding ◽  
Feeding Program ◽  
Socioeconomic Strata ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Carry Over ◽  
School Feeding Program ◽  
Global Agenda ◽  
Target Children

AbstractIndia has the world’s highest number of undernourished children and the largest school feeding program, the Mid-Day Meal (MDM) scheme. As school feeding programs target children outside the highest-return “first 1000-days” window, they have not been included in the global agenda to address stunting. School meals benefit education and nutrition in participants, but no studies have examined whether benefits carry over to their children. Using nationally representative data on mothers and their children spanning 1993 to 2016, we assess whether MDM supports intergenerational improvements in child linear growth. Here we report that height-for-age z-score (HAZ) among children born to mothers with full MDM exposure was greater (+0.40 SD) than that in children born to non-exposed mothers. Associations were stronger in low socioeconomic strata and likely work through women’s education, fertility, and health service utilization. MDM was associated with 13–32% of the HAZ improvement in India from 2006 to 2016.

Food aid and private–public cooperation in Egypt

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heike Wieters
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Food Aid ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Feeding Programs ◽  
School Feeding ◽  
Overseas Operations ◽  
Egyptian Government

Chapter 5 is a case study on CARE’s overseas operations in Egypt. It traces CARE’s cooperation with US and Egyptian government agencies and officials and sketches how Cold War dynamics both triggered and impeded effective cooperation in large-scale school feeding programs.

scholarly journals Snack Development for School Feeding Programs in Africa: A Scoping Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (14) ◽  
pp. 4967
Author(s):  
Saffia Hassanally ◽  
Ashika Naicker ◽  
Evonne Singh
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Food Product ◽  
School Nutrition ◽  
Snack Food ◽  
Feeding Programs ◽  
School Feeding ◽  
Snack Products

The benefits of school feeding have been well documented. As such, school feeding programs have continuously gained popularity in developing countries. However, challenges and potential opportunities persist, calling for a review of school feeding for long-term sustainability. South Africa has an opportunity to improve their National School Nutrition Program (NSNP) by including an energy-dense snack that would increase the recommended dietary allowance (RDA) of school children to meet at least 25% of their energy requirements. The objective of this scoping review was to conduct a review and an appraisal of studies on snack food development for school feeding programs in Africa. Eligible studies had to report snack development for school feeding programs in Africa. We conducted an electronic search in National Research Foundation (NRF) NEXUS, Elton B. Stephens Company (EBSCO), International Food Information Service (IFIS), Nutrition and Food Sciences Center for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI.ORG), and Google Scholar. Of the 429 articles identified, nine studies were included in the final review—five from within South Africa and four from elsewhere in Africa. Data extracted included the study design, intervention, outcomes, relevant findings, and limitations. Results were presented in a narrative summary. The review findings showed that energy-rich staple foods and food fortification were commonly used in snack development. The popular snack products developed included porridges and biscuits. While most studies reported nutritional outcomes, few studies reported on sensory acceptability tests and only two studies conducted a cost analysis. This review of previous snack development initiatives for school feeding programs in Africa underscores the importance of establishing the sustainability of any food product developed. The findings of this review have the potential to inform future snack product development for school feeding programs.

scholarly journals School Feeding Programs in Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 76 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. S86-S97
Author(s):  
Makiko Sekiyama ◽  
Takayo Kawakami ◽  
Reisi Nurdiani ◽  
Katrin Roosita ◽  
Rimbawan Rimbawan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Programs ◽  
School Feeding

A Comparison of Food Choices Among Urban South African and New York Adolescents

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-32
Author(s):  
Eleanor T. Campbell ◽  
Ethelwynn Stellenberg ◽  
Natasha Nurse-Clarke
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
South African ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Unhealthy Food ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
The Public ◽  
Feeding Programs ◽  
School Feeding ◽  
Urban South

Child obesity prevention is a relatively new phenomenon in developing countries where food insecurity and malnutrition have been the public health focus. Yet obesity is a global health problem. The purpose of this study was to compare healthy and unhealthy food choices among a convenience sample of 114 adolescent youths from ethically and economically diverse communities in Cape Town, South Africa and New York City using surveys and focus groups. Findings showed no significant differences in healthy food choices among participants regardless of socioeconomic status (SES). For unhealthy food choices, there were significant differences between adolescents from low and middle SES levels. Interviews indicated that unhealthy choices were influenced by money, convenience, and parents. School feeding programs were influential in initiating and sustaining healthy choices, whereas barriers included money and convenience of access to unhealthy food options. Parents and schools provided the most influence on these adolescents’ healthy options by including fruits and vegetables in homemade and school program lunches.

scholarly journals Locally-Procured Fish Is Essential in School Feeding Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa

Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 2080
Author(s):  
Molly Ahern ◽  
Shakuntala Thilsted ◽  
Marian Kjellevold ◽  
Ragnhild Overå ◽  
Jogeir Toppe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Task Force ◽  
Organizational Capacity ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Fish Products ◽  
Good Practices ◽  
Feeding Programs ◽  
School Feeding ◽  
Sub Saharan

Fish make an important contribution to micronutrient intake, long-chained polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acids (n-3 LC-PUFAS), and animal protein, as well as ensuring food and nutrition security and livelihoods for fishing communities. Micronutrient deficiencies are persistent in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), contributing to public health issues not only in the first 1000 days but throughout adolescence and into adulthood. School feeding programs (SFPs) and home-grown school feeding programs (HGSF), which source foods from local producers, particularly fisherfolk, offer an entry point for encouraging healthy diets and delivering essential macro- and micronutrients to schoolchildren, which are important for the continued cognitive development of children and adolescents and can contribute to the realization of sustainable development goals (SDGs) 1, 2, 3, 5, and 14. The importance of HGSF for poverty alleviation (SDG1) and zero hunger (SDG 2) have been recognized by the United Nations Hunger Task Force and the African Union Development Agency–New Partnership for African Development (AUDA-NEPAD), which formulated a strategy for HGSF to improve nutrition for the growing youth population across Africa. A scoping review was conducted to understand the lessons learned from SFPs, which included fish and fish products from small-scale producers, identifying the challenges and best practices for the inclusion of fish, opportunities for improvements across the supply chain, and gaps in nutritional requirements for schoolchildren which could be improved through the inclusion of fish. Challenges to the inclusion fish in SFPs include food safety, supply and access to raw materials, organizational capacity, and cost, while good practices include the engagement of various stakeholders in creating and testing fish products, and repurposing fisheries by-products or using underutilized species to ensure cost-effective solutions. This study builds evidence of the inclusion of nutritious fish and fish products in SFPs, highlighting the need to replicate and scale good practices to ensure sustainable, community-centred, and demand-driven solutions for alleviating poverty, malnutrition, and contributing to greater health and wellbeing in adolescence.

scholarly journals Unfolding matters in public food procurement:

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-34
Author(s):  
Camilo Lozano ◽  
Sergio Schneider ◽  
Luana Swensson ◽  
Siobhan Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Feeding Strategies ◽  
School Food ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
New School ◽  
Feeding Programs ◽  
School Feeding ◽  
Food Procurement ◽  
Feeding Program ◽  
Legal Frameworks

This article seeks to identify the core dimensions of and the challenges to innovative school food reforms. Aiming to frame the discussion, the article examines three school feeding strategies: the World Food Programme’s Purchase for Progress (P4P) programme, the Brazilian School Feeding Program, and the European Public Food Procurement system. The first part conceptually defines what is meant by innovative forms of school food procurement, especially regarding its underlying values. It shows that school food reforms go beyond improving access to food, enhancing educational outputs and supporting economic development goals. School feeding holds a transformative potential, insofar as institutional purchases become organized and develop in line with the goals of sustainable development, well-being and social justice. In the second part, we present contemporary examples of good school feeding practices, whose elements might, or might not, be pertinent in particular cases. There are two main lessons emerging from our research. First, policy reform and governmental will are not enough, if the institutional and legal frameworks for operationalizing new school feeding programs are not adjusted to local conditions. Second, we argue that procurement policies or city food strategies can open spaces of manoeuvre within fiscal, material and governance constraints, although the role of social actors is essential and constructive for the success of nesting policy innovations

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