Perspectives on Universal Free School Meals Among Rural Middle and High School Students: A Mixed-Methods Study.

Ashley Kesack, Michele Polacsek, Alexis Schneider, Juliana F W Cohen

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Article in Nutrients, 2026. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ashley KesackCenter for Health Innovation, Research, and Policy (CHIRP), Merrimack College, 315 Turnpike Street, North Andover, MA 01845, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-2690-2251

Michele PolacsekSchool of Public and Planetary Health, University of New England, 716 Stevens Ave, Portland, ME 04103, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9646-7435

Alexis SchneiderCollege of Osteopathic Medicine, University of New England, 716 Stevens Ave, Portland, ME 04103, USA.

Juliana F W CohenCenter for Health Innovation, Research, and Policy (CHIRP), Merrimack College, 315 Turnpike Street, North Andover, MA 01845, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3145-6014

Funding

Healthy Eating Research N/AUniversity of New England faculty mini grant program N/A

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Food ServicesRural PopulationSchoolsStudentsAdolescentChildFemaleHumansLunchMaineMaleSurveys and Questionnairesruralschool meal participationschoolsstudentsuniversal free school meals

Identifiers

PMID41683361

DOI10.3390/nu18030540

PMCPMC12899353

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