Universal school meals and associations with student participation, attendance, academic performance, diet quality, food security, and body mass index: a systematic …

JFW Cohen, AA Hecht, GM McLoughlin, L Turner… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
The school environment plays an important role in children's diets and overall health, and
policies for universal free school meals have the potential to contribute to positive child …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of breakfast and breakfast composition on cognition in children and adolescents: a systematic review

K Adolphus, CL Lawton, CL Champ, L Dye - Advances in Nutrition, 2016 - Elsevier
Breakfast is thought to be beneficial for cognitive and academic performance in school
children. However, breakfast is the most frequently skipped meal, especially among …

Promoting healthy eating among young people—a review of the evidence of the impact of school-based interventions

A Chaudhary, F Sudzina, BE Mikkelsen - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Intro: Globally, the prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing among children and
younger adults and is associated with unhealthy dietary habits and lack of physical activity …

Breakfast skipping, weight, cardiometabolic risk, and nutrition quality in children and adolescents: A systematic review of randomized controlled and intervention …

R Ricotti, M Caputo, A Monzani, S Pigni, V Antoniotti… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Breakfast skipping increases with age, and an association with a high risk of being
overweight (OW) and of obesity (OB), cardiometabolic risk, and unhealthy diet regimen has …

How effective are family-based and institutional nutrition interventions in improving children's diet and health? A systematic review

AP Black, K D'Onise, R McDermott, H Vally, K O'Dea - BMC public health, 2017 - Springer
Background Effective strategies to improve dietary intake in young children are a priority to
reduce the high prevalence of chronic non-communicable diseases in adulthood. This study …

Socio-economic inequalities in adolescent summer holiday experiences, and mental wellbeing on return to school: analysis of the school health research network …

K Morgan, GJ Melendez-Torres, A Bond… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
The socioeconomic inequalities found in child and adolescent mental wellbeing are
increasingly acknowledged. Although interventions increasingly focus on school holidays as …

School‐and family‐level socioeconomic status and health behaviors: multilevel analysis of a national survey in Wales, United Kingdom

GF Moore, HJ Littlecott - Journal of School Health, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Interventions to address inequalities in adolescent health
behaviors often target children from less affluent families, or schools in poorer areas. Few …

Association between breakfast consumption and educational outcomes in 9–11-year-old children

HJ Littlecott, GF Moore, L Moore, RA Lyons… - Public health …, 2016 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveBreakfast consumption has been consistently associated with health outcomes and
cognitive functioning in schoolchildren. Evidence of direct links with educational outcomes …

Socioeconomic gradients in the effects of universal school-based health behaviour interventions: a systematic review of intervention studies

GF Moore, HJ Littlecott, R Turley, E Waters, S Murphy - BMC public health, 2015 - Springer
Background Socioeconomic inequalities in health behaviour emerge in early life before
tracking into adulthood. Many interventions to improve childhood health behaviours are …

Can policy ameliorate socioeconomic inequities in obesity and obesity‐related behaviours? A systematic review of the impact of universal policies on adults and …

DL Olstad, M Teychenne, LM Minaker… - Obesity …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This systematic review examined the impact of universal policies on socioeconomic
inequities in obesity, dietary and physical activity behaviours among adults and children …