This section lists the current research being undertaken by the School Food Trust and includes an archive of our previous research results and reports.
The School Food Trust has its own research department which is currently addressing four questions to build the evidence for the benefits of improving school food.
- Are schools achieving the new standards for school food, and are children eating it?
- What factors enhance or inhibit change in the provision & consumption of school food?
- How are the changes in school food likely to affect academic performance, learning, behaviour, health and vitality?
- What is the economic case for investing in better school food?
To answer these questions, the School Food Trust is currently undertaking a variety of research activities. One set of activities is focused on monitoring how schools are implementing the new standards, the successes and challenges, and the extent to which children are responding positively to the changes in school food. Other activities are helping to build an evidence base that shows, indeed, that if children eat better, they do
Summary of the research activities and related publications of the Trust.
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A summary of publications from the Research and Nutrition Division.
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Research and Nutrition Team Newsletters
To receive the next and all future copies of this newsletter then please email info@sft.gsi.gov.uk
Research and Nutrition Team Newsletter November 2011.
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Research and Nutrition Team Newsletter July 2011.
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Research and Nutrition Team Newsletter Apr 2011.
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Research and Nutrition Team Newsletter Dec 2010.
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Research and Nutrition Team Newsletter March 2010.
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Collecting data on the take up of school meals
The Government has included school meal take up as an indicator of healthy eating amongst children of school age (National Indicator Set: NI 52 – take up of school lunches). Since April 2009, local authorities (LAs) have been required to provide information on the take up of school meals not only for their own catering or contracted services but for all schools across the LA. This page explains exactly how this can be achieved:
www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk/calculatingtakeup
