{"id":438,"date":"2022-10-27T00:11:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T00:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/?page_id=438"},"modified":"2022-10-27T00:12:28","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T00:12:28","slug":"the-many-benefits-of-school-meals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/the-many-benefits-of-school-meals\/","title":{"rendered":"The Many Benefits of School Meals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Academic&#8230; Social\/Emotional&#8230; Health Outcomes&#8230; there are many benefits to school meals. Get a taste of some below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-439 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/10\/basic-kids-trio-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1025\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/10\/basic-kids-trio-1.png 1200w, https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/10\/basic-kids-trio-1-300x62.png 300w, https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/10\/basic-kids-trio-1-1024x211.png 1024w, https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/10\/basic-kids-trio-1-768x158.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1025px) 100vw, 1025px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/bestpractices.nokidhungry.org\/resource\/study-chronic-absenteeism-and-breakfast-after-bell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School Meals Can Fight CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Schools are facing a crisis of chronic absenteeism: Even before the pandemic, nearly 8 million students were missing at least three weeks of the school year. A 2019 study found that serving breakfast as part of the school day \u2014 a.k.a. Breakfast After the Bell models, such as serving it in the classroom, or having it available to grab and go from kiosks throughout the school \u2014 can reduce absenteeism by an average of 6 percentage points. <a href=\"http:\/\/bestpractices.nokidhungry.org\/resource\/study-chronic-absenteeism-and-breakfast-after-bell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/bestpractices.nokidhungry.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-10\/School%20Meals%20to%20Support%20Social-Emotional%20School%20Climates.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School Meals Can Support SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SCHOOL CLIMATES<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Expanding participation in school meals programs can nourish students while simultaneously building social-emotional learning skills. Students need time for connection, social interaction, and building positive relationships. Plus, offering meals at school satisfies a student\u2019s basic needs \u2014 the foundation of Maslow\u2019s Hierarchy \u2014 establishes routines, and provides stability. <a href=\"http:\/\/bestpractices.nokidhungry.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-10\/School%20Meals%20to%20Support%20Social-Emotional%20School%20Climates.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The chronic absenteeism study also found students had a 6 percentage point improvement on a scale measuring \u201cinternalizing behaviors\u201d such as anxiety and loneliness when served breakfast as part of the school day. <a href=\"http:\/\/bestpractices.nokidhungry.org\/resource\/study-chronic-absenteeism-and-breakfast-after-bell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/bestpractices.nokidhungry.org\/resource\/no-kid-hungry-starts-breakfast\">School Meals Can Benefit ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>A social impact analysis by Deloitte found that school breakfast can have a potentially dramatic effect on students. On average, students who eat school breakfast have been shown to achieve 17.5% higher scores on standardized math tests and attend 1.5 more days of school per year. <a href=\"https:\/\/bestpractices.nokidhungry.org\/resource\/no-kid-hungry-starts-breakfast\">Learn more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The chronic absenteeism study also found students had a 1.5 percentage point improvement in reading achievementt when served breakfast as part of the school day. <a href=\"http:\/\/bestpractices.nokidhungry.org\/resource\/study-chronic-absenteeism-and-breakfast-after-bell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/now.tufts.edu\/2021\/04\/12\/study-finds-americans-eat-food-mostly-poor-nutritional-quality-except-school\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School Meals Provide HEALTHIER OPTIONS<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>A study by researchers at Tufts University found that Americans eat food of mostly poort nutritional quality \u2014 except at school. The study analyzed all meals eatedn by Americans over 16 years. 80% of children\u2019s meals from restaurants were categorized as having poor nutritional quality, compared to only 24% of meals from schools. \u201cSchools are now the single healthiest place Americans are eating,\u201d said the senior author of the study. It also found that from 2003 to 2018, improvements in food consumed from schools were equitable by race\/ethnicity, education, and household income. <a href=\"https:\/\/now.tufts.edu\/2021\/04\/12\/study-finds-americans-eat-food-mostly-poor-nutritional-quality-except-school\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academic&#8230; Social\/Emotional&#8230; Health Outcomes&#8230; there are many benefits to school meals. Get a taste of some below. &nbsp; &nbsp; School Meals Can Fight CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM Schools are facing a crisis&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-438","page","type-page","status-publish"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Many Benefits of School Meals - North Carolina<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/the-many-benefits-of-school-meals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Many Benefits of School Meals - North Carolina\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Academic&#8230; Social\/Emotional&#8230; Health Outcomes&#8230; there are many benefits to school meals. Get a taste of some below. &nbsp; &nbsp; School Meals Can Fight CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM Schools are facing a crisis...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/the-many-benefits-of-school-meals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"North Carolina\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-10-27T00:12:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/10\/basic-kids-trio-1.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/the-many-benefits-of-school-meals\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/the-many-benefits-of-school-meals\/\",\"name\":\"The Many Benefits of School Meals - North Carolina\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nkh-state-nkh-state.pantheonsite.io\/north-carolina\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-27T00:11:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-27T00:12:28+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/the-many-benefits-of-school-meals\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nkh-state-nkh-state.pantheonsite.io\/north-carolina\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nkh-state-nkh-state.pantheonsite.io\/north-carolina\/\",\"name\":\"North Carolina\",\"description\":\"Ending Child Hunger in North Carolina\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/nkh-state-nkh-state.pantheonsite.io\/north-carolina\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Many Benefits of School Meals - North Carolina","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/the-many-benefits-of-school-meals\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Many Benefits of School Meals - North Carolina","og_description":"Academic&#8230; Social\/Emotional&#8230; Health Outcomes&#8230; there are many benefits to school meals. Get a taste of some below. &nbsp; &nbsp; School Meals Can Fight CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM Schools are facing a crisis...","og_url":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/the-many-benefits-of-school-meals\/","og_site_name":"North Carolina","article_modified_time":"2022-10-27T00:12:28+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/10\/basic-kids-trio-1.png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/the-many-benefits-of-school-meals\/","url":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/the-many-benefits-of-school-meals\/","name":"The Many Benefits of School Meals - North Carolina","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nkh-state-nkh-state.pantheonsite.io\/north-carolina\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-10-27T00:11:29+00:00","dateModified":"2022-10-27T00:12:28+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/the-many-benefits-of-school-meals\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nkh-state-nkh-state.pantheonsite.io\/north-carolina\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nkh-state-nkh-state.pantheonsite.io\/north-carolina\/","name":"North Carolina","description":"Ending Child Hunger in North Carolina","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nkh-state-nkh-state.pantheonsite.io\/north-carolina\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":441,"href":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/438\/revisions\/441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}