Open AccessFree school meals as an opportunity to target social equality, healthy eating, and school functioning: experiences from students and teachers in Norway
Author(s) -
Kristine Engebretsen Illøkken,
Berit Johannessen,
Mary Barker,
Polly Hardy-Johnson,
Nina Cecilie Øverby,
Frøydis Nordgård Vik
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
food and nutrition research/food and nutrition research. supplement
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.041
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1654-6628
pISSN - 1654-661X
DOI - 10.29219/fnr.v65.7702
Subject(s) - thematic analysis , norwegian , psychology , meal , school meal , medical education , social cognitive theory , developmental psychology , qualitative research , medicine , environmental health , sociology , social science , linguistics , philosophy , pathology
There are no national arrangements for free school meals provision in Norway despite this being an important opportunity to improve children's and adolescents' nutritional status and ultimately their physical and cognitive development. During a one academic year (2014-2015), a group of Norwegian sixth graders were served a free healthy school meal in a project called 'The School Meal Project'.