Frits Vlaanderen, Lapo Mughini-Gras, Chantal Bourgonje, Joke van der Giessen
Attitudes towards zoonotic disease risk vary across sociodemographic, communication and health-related factors: A general population survey on literacy about zoonoses in the Netherlands
One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
children may receive nutritional benefits school lunch meals eat foods served study investigated whether differences school lunch foods consumed wasted grade level elementary school students crosssectional study anonymous meal observations conducted students selected reimbursable school lunch meals cafeteria lunch line amounts foods selected consumed recorded using quarter waste method food waste calculated using information recorded spring 2013 eight elementary schools 50 low income enrolling children kindergarten grade 5 one school district houston tx area selected child nutrition director amount calories foods consumed percentage wasted assessed analysis covariance post hoc analysis used examine food consumption plate waste grade level kindergarten grade 1 kgr1 grades 2 3 gr23 grades 4 5 gr45 controlling student sex schoollevel freereduced priced meal eligibility 568 nonrandom lunch meal observations students included analyses approximately 48 observations boys 50 lowincome schools evenly divided grade general students kgr1 consumed fewer calories gr23 gr45 gr23 students consumed significantly fewer calories gr45 kgr1 students also consumed less wasted total redorange vegetables totalwholerefined grains total protein foods older students gr23 students wasted calories total grains gr45 students kgr1 students wasted fruit gr23 students overall younger students elementary schools kgr1 consumed less foods selected lunch meals wasted older elementary school students future studies investigate younger children wasted food potential strategies reduce food waste younger students