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ArticleTropical medicine and health2025

Trends in national-level school feeding policy objectives worldwide: Japan and multiple countries.

Takeshi Akiyama, Sachi Tomokawa, Mika Kigawa, Fumiko Shibuya, Mami Hitachi, Yuko Teshima, Luna Shimabukuro, Tomoko Hato, Aiko Inoue, Akira Kurishima and 6 more

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Article in Tropical medicine and health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Takeshi AkiyamaFaculty of Nursing, Nagano College of Nursing, 1694 Akaho, Komagane City, Nagano, 399-4117, Japan. takeshiak@nagano-nurs.ac.jp.
Sachi TomokawaThe Japanese Consortium for Global School Health Research, 1076 Kiyuna, Ginowan, Okinawa, 901-2720, Japan.
Mika KigawaThe Japanese Consortium for Global School Health Research, 1076 Kiyuna, Ginowan, Okinawa, 901-2720, Japan.
Fumiko ShibuyaThe Japanese Consortium for Global School Health Research, 1076 Kiyuna, Ginowan, Okinawa, 901-2720, Japan.
Mami HitachiThe Japanese Consortium for Global School Health Research, 1076 Kiyuna, Ginowan, Okinawa, 901-2720, Japan.
Yuko TeshimaThe Japanese Consortium for Global School Health Research, 1076 Kiyuna, Ginowan, Okinawa, 901-2720, Japan.
Luna ShimabukuroThe Japanese Consortium for Global School Health Research, 1076 Kiyuna, Ginowan, Okinawa, 901-2720, Japan.
Tomoko HatoGraduate School of Public Health, Teikyo University, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8605, Japan.
Aiko InoueGraduate School of Public Health, Teikyo University, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8605, Japan.
Akira KurishimaGraduate School of Public Health, Teikyo University, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8605, Japan.
Eri MochimaruDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University. School of Medicine, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan.
Juri MurataGraduate School of Public Health, Teikyo University, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8605, Japan.
Noriko SaitoGraduate School of Public Health, Teikyo University, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8605, Japan.
Sachi TenshoGraduate School of Public Health, Teikyo University, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8605, Japan.
Kenzo TakahashiTetsuikai Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
Jun KobayashiThe Japanese Consortium for Global School Health Research, 1076 Kiyuna, Ginowan, Okinawa, 901-2720, Japan.

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 25K00777
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Public policy denotes a government's formal intent to address specific issues in pursuit of defined objectives. The vision and mission of school feeding have progressively expanded. This study examined school feeding policy objectives across multiple countries, drawing on data from the Global Survey of School Meal Programs, and identified 23 relevant policies. The objectives were classified into five domains: health and nutrition, education, social protection, agriculture, and other areas. Japan is particularly notable for distinctive aims, including enhancing school life, fostering sociability and cooperation, promoting appreciation of nature, and cultivating respect for life and the natural world.

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School feedingSchool feeding policySchool healthSchool meal

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