National Policies to Limit Nutrients, Ingredients, or Categories of Concern in School Meals: A Global Scoping Review

IF 3.8 Q2 NUTRITION & DIETETICS Current Developments in Nutrition Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI:10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.104456
Emily A Busey , Grace Chamberlin , Kayla Mardin , Michelle Perry , Lindsey Smith Taillie , Francesca R Dillman Carpentier , Barry M Popkin
{"title":"National Policies to Limit Nutrients, Ingredients, or Categories of Concern in School Meals: A Global Scoping Review","authors":"Emily A Busey ,&nbsp;Grace Chamberlin ,&nbsp;Kayla Mardin ,&nbsp;Michelle Perry ,&nbsp;Lindsey Smith Taillie ,&nbsp;Francesca R Dillman Carpentier ,&nbsp;Barry M Popkin","doi":"10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.104456","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The school food environment is a key intervention point for influencing children’s and adolescents’ diets. As more countries establish school meal programs to provide critical nourishment to students, establishing standards for the foods served can increase the consumption of key nutrients and limit the consumption of foods that do not build health. This global scoping review explores the prevalence and basic characteristics of national policies that regulate food served through school meals across 193 countries, particularly by restricting the provision of categories, nutrients, or ingredients of nutritional concern. We gathered evidence from policy databases, grey literature, peer-reviewed literature, and primary policy documents. We included nationally mandated policies that included restrictions on categories, nutrients, or ingredients of concern served in school meals. Policies that were sub-national, voluntary, and/or did not include restrictive language were excluded from this review. Data was collected in research electronic data capture then extracted into Microsoft Excel and analyzed for policy frequency, prevalence by world region or country income group, and prevalence of certain policy characteristics. Globally, only 15% of countries were found to have a national-level policy restricting foods served through school meals in some capacity, including either nutritional or categorical restrictions. The majority of these policies were found in high-income countries, and no low-income countries had a policy meeting inclusion criteria. Policies in Latin-American and Caribbean countries limited the content of more nutrients of concern than in other regions. Although many policies included explicit guidelines to monitor implementation, few outlined mechanisms for policy enforcement. Future research should evaluate the impact of various school meal regulatory approaches, including implementation of similar policies at sub-national levels, and other elements that affect the impact of school meal programs, such as procurement, infrastructure, costs to school and to students and their families, and acceptability and consumption of foods provided.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10756,"journal":{"name":"Current Developments in Nutrition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.8000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Current Developments in Nutrition","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2475299124023904","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"NUTRITION & DIETETICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0

Abstract

The school food environment is a key intervention point for influencing children’s and adolescents’ diets. As more countries establish school meal programs to provide critical nourishment to students, establishing standards for the foods served can increase the consumption of key nutrients and limit the consumption of foods that do not build health. This global scoping review explores the prevalence and basic characteristics of national policies that regulate food served through school meals across 193 countries, particularly by restricting the provision of categories, nutrients, or ingredients of nutritional concern. We gathered evidence from policy databases, grey literature, peer-reviewed literature, and primary policy documents. We included nationally mandated policies that included restrictions on categories, nutrients, or ingredients of concern served in school meals. Policies that were sub-national, voluntary, and/or did not include restrictive language were excluded from this review. Data was collected in research electronic data capture then extracted into Microsoft Excel and analyzed for policy frequency, prevalence by world region or country income group, and prevalence of certain policy characteristics. Globally, only 15% of countries were found to have a national-level policy restricting foods served through school meals in some capacity, including either nutritional or categorical restrictions. The majority of these policies were found in high-income countries, and no low-income countries had a policy meeting inclusion criteria. Policies in Latin-American and Caribbean countries limited the content of more nutrients of concern than in other regions. Although many policies included explicit guidelines to monitor implementation, few outlined mechanisms for policy enforcement. Future research should evaluate the impact of various school meal regulatory approaches, including implementation of similar policies at sub-national levels, and other elements that affect the impact of school meal programs, such as procurement, infrastructure, costs to school and to students and their families, and acceptability and consumption of foods provided.
查看原文
分享 分享
微信好友 朋友圈 QQ好友 复制链接
本刊更多论文
限制学校膳食中营养素、成分或关注类别的国家政策:全球范围审查
学校食品环境是影响儿童和青少年饮食的关键干预点。随着越来越多的国家制定学校供餐计划,为学生提供重要的营养,制定供餐食品标准可以增加关键营养素的摄入量,限制不利于健康的食品的摄入量。这篇全球范围的综述探讨了 193 个国家规范学校供餐食品的国家政策的普遍性和基本特征,特别是限制提供营养问题类别、营养素或配料的政策。我们从政策数据库、灰色文献、同行评审文献和主要政策文件中收集证据。我们纳入了国家强制政策,其中包括对学校膳食中提供的有关类别、营养素或成分的限制。次国家级、自愿性和/或不包含限制性语言的政策不在本次审查范围内。通过研究电子数据采集收集数据,然后提取到 Microsoft Excel 中,并对政策频率、按世界地区或国家收入组别划分的普遍性以及某些政策特征的普遍性进行分析。研究发现,在全球范围内,只有 15%的国家制定了国家级政策,对学校供餐中的食品进行某种限制,包括营养限制或分类限制。这些政策大多出现在高收入国家,没有一个低收入国家的政策符合纳入标准。与其他地区相比,拉丁美洲和加勒比地区国家的政策限制了更多营养素的含量。尽管许多政策都包含明确的监督实施准则,但很少有政策概述了政策执行机制。未来的研究应评估各种学校膳食监管方法的影响,包括在国家以下各级实施类似政策的情况,以及影响学校膳食计划影响的其他因素,如采购、基础设施、学校和学生及其家庭的成本,以及所提供食品的可接受性和消费量。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 去求助
来源期刊
Current Developments in Nutrition
Current Developments in Nutrition NUTRITION & DIETETICS-
CiteScore
5.30
自引率
4.20%
发文量
1327
审稿时长
8 weeks
期刊最新文献
Dairy Intake in Relation to Prediabetes and Continuous Glycemic Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies Maternal Anemia during Pregnancy and Infant Birth Outcomes: A Prospective Cohort Study in Eastern Maharashtra, India Knowledge, Behavior, and Influencing Factors of Coarse Grain Consumption among Chinese Adults: A Focus Group Study in Xi’an Health Claims, Product Features and Instructions for Use on the Labels of Potassium-enriched Salt Products: A Content Analysis Using Less Processed Food to Mimic a Standard American Diet Does Not Improve Nutrient Value and May Result in a Shorter Shelf Life at a Higher Financial Cost
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
现在去查看 取消
×
提示
确定
0
微信
客服QQ
Book学术公众号 扫码关注我们
反馈
×
意见反馈
请填写您的意见或建议
请填写您的手机或邮箱
已复制链接
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
×
扫码分享
扫码分享
Book学术官方微信
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术
文献互助 智能选刊 最新文献 互助须知 联系我们:info@booksci.cn
Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。
Copyright © 2023 Book学术 All rights reserved.
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号 京ICP备2023020795号-1