The evaluation following 238 students as they progressed from fourth and fifth grade into middle school during the years 2006 to 2009. The goal was to determine the effects of the School Lunch Initiative on students’ knowledge about nutrition, food, and the environment; attitudes toward healthy eating and environmental responsibility; and eating behaviors. The evaluation compared students at elementary and middle schools with highly developed School Lunch Initiative components to students at schools with lesser-developed School Lunch Initiative components, over a period of three years.
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