Consumption of school meals is positively related to children’s intakes of key food groups at lunch and breakfast.

Limiting children’s access to low-nutrient, energy-dense foods at school may hold promise as a tactic for reducing children’s total calorie intake and controlling BMI.

The Head Start “I Am Moving, I Am Learning†initiative aims to prevent childhood obesity by increasing the time children spend in physical activity, improving the quality of these activities, and promoting healthy food choices. This report examines the extent to which grantees who...

School meal program participation was associated with reduced prevalence of nutrient inadequacy but with increased prevalence of excessive sodium intakes.

Describes the background and design of the SNDA-III study. Data were collected from 130 public school districts that offer federally subsidized school meals, 398 schools within these districts, and 2,314 students in grades 1 through 12 in these schools.