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Nutritional analysis of mid‐day meals provided for 5‐11 year‐old schoolchildren

Janet Mock, Alan Adams, Louise Snowdon, Helen Griffiths

British Food Journal

ISSN: 0007-070X

Article publication date: 1 February 1997

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Abstract

Reports on studies, which were carried out in two urban schools in the UK, of the nutritional composition of mid‐day meals taken by primary schoolchildren. Describes how the nutritional analyses indicated that all of the meals provided an excess of the energy from components such as fat and sugar, whereas some of the meal choices provided a less than adequate supply of minerals and vitamins such as iron, calcium and folate. The meals included hot meat and non‐meat dishes and sandwiches. Makes comparisons with standards provided by the Caroline Walker Trust.

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Mock, J., Adams, A., Snowdon, L. and Griffiths, H. (1997), "Nutritional analysis of mid‐day meals provided for 5‐11 year‐old schoolchildren", British Food Journal, Vol. 99 No. 1, pp. 12-19. https://doi.org/10.1108/00070709710158834

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