School meals as an education resource

Abstract

The food habits of generations of people in the UK were subtly influenced by the traditional school dinners. Today those adults who love or loathe gravy, custard, mashed potatoes, boiled greens, prunes and semolina pudding may be able to trace their attitudes to school meals eaten ten, twenty or thirty years ago. Nowadays, when school caterers make every effort to serve only those foods which children will eat and enjoy — and which in many cases are identical with the foods children eat everywhere else — is it possible that school meals can influence and improve the food habits of future generations?

Citation

Noble, C., Kipps, M. and Thomson, J. (1982), "School meals as an education resource", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 82 No. 4, pp. 5-7. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb058901