Defeyter, Margaret A., Bundy, Donald A.P., Bremner, Myles and Page, Abigail (2024) Hunger in the UK classroom. In: Downes, Paul, Li, Guofang, Van Praag, Lore and Lamb, Stephen, (eds.) The Routledge International Handbook of Equity and Inclusion in Education. Routledge International Handbooks of Education. Routledge, London, UK, 311 - 325. ISBN 9781032253893
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This chapter starts by presenting a historical account of school food policy in the United Kingdom, including the introduction of free school meals, nutritional policies, and school food standards. Following this, the current research literature on school meals in the United Kingdom is discussed in terms of diet and nutrition, body weight, mental health and wellbeing, educational attainment, and behaviour. Next, this chapter presents research findings relating to school breakfast clubs and cognition, educational attainment, diet and nutrition, and behaviour. This chapter concludes by presenting policy recommendations for how school programmes can enhance the health, wellbeing, and educational attainment of children across the world.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Official URL: | https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Internatio... |
| Additional Information: | © 2024 selection and editorial matter, the editors; individual chapters, the contributors. |
| Divisions: | Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion |
| Subjects: | University Structure > Language Centre |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jun 2024 14:33 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 18:14 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/123826 |
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