Research
The following studies cover issues that relate to school food reform including health, agriculture, and food preparation.
- August 9, 2011
- F is for Fat : How Obesity Threatens America's Future
This article, “F As In FAT”, presents some sobering facts from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on efforts to counteract the obesity epidemic.
Read More- By Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- September 15, 2010
- An Evaluation of the School Lunch Initiative
A collaboration among the Chez Panisse Foundation, Center for Ecoliteracy, and Berkeley Unified School District, the School Lunch Initiative was based on the hypothesis that if young people are involved in growing, cooking, and sharing fresh, healthy food while learning about it in the curriculum, they will be more likely to develop lifelong healthy eating habits and values consistent with sustainable living.
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- April 8, 2010
- Too Fat to Fight
Today, more than 100 retired generals and admirals are calling on Congress to reauthorize the Child Nutrition Act to allow the USDA to adopt new nutrition standards that will get high-calorie, low-nutrition foods out of our schools. Read on for details on why our next generation has been deemed "too fat to fight."
Read More- By Mission: Readiness
- March 1, 2010
- Healthier Students are Better Learners
Along with various other factors, this study shows that breakfast directly and indirectly affects a student's ability to learn. In addition to educational and health benefits for youth, increased School Breakfast Program participation can increase federal funding of state budgets.
Read More- By Campaign for Educational Equity
- December 1, 2009
- Healthy School Meals and Educational Outcomes
This paper provides evidence on the effects of diet on educational outcomes. Evidence is shown that educational outcomes improve significantly in English and Science when the school meal program is improved. A 15% fall in authorized absences was also found to be linked with the improvement of school meals, and absences are most likely linked to illness and health.
Read More- By Michèle Belot and Jonathan James
- January 1, 2009
- Study Finds Mercury in High Fructose Corn Syrup
Mercury is a potent brain toxin that we know accumulates in fish and seafood. When babies are exposed to elevated mercury in the womb, their brains may develop abnormally, impairing learning abilities and reducing IQ. For these youngest children, the science increasingly suggests there may be no “safe” level of exposure to mercury. And yet for decades an increasingly common ingredient in processed foods, HFCS, has been made using mercury-grade caustic soda.
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- By Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
- April 18, 2008
- School-Based Interventions Shown to Reduce Overweight in Children
The results of this study suggest that multicomponent school-based intervention can be effective in preventing the development of over-weight among children in grades 4 through 6 in urban public schools with a high proportion of children eligible for free and reduced-priced school meals.
Read More- By The American Academy of Pediatrics
- April 1, 2008
- The Link Between Local Food Environments and Obesity
Designed for Disease: The Link Between Local Food Environments and Obesity and Diabetes examines the relationships between retail food environments, obesity and diabetes, and community income. The study demonstrates that people who live near an abundance of fast-food restaurants and convenience stores compared to grocery stores and fresh produce vendors, have a significantly higher prevalence of obesity and diabetes.
Read More- By Regents of the University of California, PolicyLink, and the California Center for Public Health Advocacy
- December 6, 2007
- Childhood Body-Mass Index and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Adulthood
This study suggest that having higher body mass index during childhood is associated with an increased risk of CHD in adulthood. The associations are stronger in boys than in girls and increase with the age of the child in both sexes. Findings suggest that as children are becoming heavier worldwide, greater numbers of them are at risk of having CHD in adulthood.
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- December 6, 2007
- Childhood Obesity — The Shape of Things to Come
How will obesity affect the physical and psychological well-being of children in coming decades? What effects will
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childhood obesity have on life expectancy, the national economy, and our society? To explore these questions, one might view the obesity epidemic as consisting of the four overlapping phases outlined in this piece.- By David S. Ludwig, M.D., Ph.D.
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