ArticleBMC public health2014
Elementary school children's recess schedule and dietary intake at lunch: a community-based participatory research partnership pilot study.
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- School Nutrition Environment and Services: Policies and Practices That Promote Healthy Eating Among K-12 Students.The Journal of school health · 2023Pooled it
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- The Underutilization of Community-based Participatory Research in Psychology: A Systematic Review.American journal of community psychology · 2021Pooled it
- Food Waste in the National School Lunch Program 1978-2015: A Systematic Review.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2017Pooled it
- When to Eat and When to Play: Variations in Recess and Lunch Scheduling Within a State 40-Min Recess Policy.The Journal of school health · 2025Article
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- Prevalence of Evidence-Based School Meal Practices and Associations with Reported Food Waste across a National Sample of U.S. Elementary Schools.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Assessing the Relationship between District and State Policies and School Nutrition Promotion-Related Practices in the United States.Nutrients · 2020Article
- Factors Related to Fruit and Vegetable Consumption at Lunch Among Elementary Students: A Scoping Review.Preventing chronic disease · 2018Article
- Fit "N" Cool Kids: The Effects of Character Modeling and Goal Setting on Children's Physical Activity and Fruit and Vegetable Consumption.Clinical medicine insights. Pediatrics · 2018Article
- Milk Options Observation (MOO): A Mixed-Methods Study of Chocolate Milk Removal on Beverage Consumption and Student/Staff Behaviors in a Rural Elementary School.The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School Nurses · 2017Article
- Growing Strong and Healthy with Mister Bone: An Educational Program to Have Strong Bones Later in Life.Nutrients · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundSchool recess before lunch (e.g., reverse recess) has been suggested as a means to improve dietary intake and classroom behavior but limited research explores this school-based policy. This pilot study tests the impact of recess scheduling on dietary intake at school lunch.
methodsA mixed methods approach included assessment of dietary intake assessed by measured plate waste on five non-consecutive days at Madras Elementary School, Madras, Oregon, United States (n = 104 intervention; 157 controls). Subjects included primary school children in grades kindergarten, first and second. Logistic regression was used to test associations between recess timing and dietary intake. Four focus groups involving teachers and staff explored reactions to the intervention. Qualitative data was transcribed verbatim and assessed for key themes.
resultsMilk consumption was 1.3 oz greater in the intervention group (5.7 oz vs. 4.4 oz); and 20% more of the intervention participants drank the entire carton of milk (42% vs. 25%, p < 0.0001). Intervention participants were 1.5 times more likely to meet the nutritional guidelines for calcium (≥267 mg, p = 0.01) and fat (≤30% of total energy, p = 0.02). Consumption of entrees, vegetables, and fruits did not differ between groups. Teachers perceived recess before lunch beneficial to classroom behavior and readiness to concentrate following lunch.
conclusionsThe recess before lunch intervention yielded increased milk consumption; the nutritional and social benefits observed warrant policy change consideration. Future research should assess the impact of recess before lunch in larger districts.
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