And since the majority of the 30 million kids who regularly eat those meals are economically disadvantaged, those changes were all the more critical,” Siegel writes.

Kids will love eating foods from the different sections of this Bento box meal, including blueberries, grapes, cherry ...

I am asking you to send your children to school with rain gear and warm jackets." FILE - Teachers protest against the COVID-19 vaccination mandates in New York on Wednesday Aug. 25, 2021.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom talks with 7th grade students at James Denman Middle School on October 01, 2021 in San Francisco, California. Getty Images ...

Palestinian students in the West Bank usually eat their school lunches in the school yard since there are no dining rooms in schools. In the West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian students hold up ...

Schools claim it’s disruptive for parents to eat in the cafeteria. But parents crave the quality time, and some say it’s a good thing for them to be involved with their kids’ place of learning.

A 2021 study found that schools were, overall, the healthiest place children eat. Several school lunch directors told me this stigma shrank when all kids ate for free during the pandemic.

Many public school students get 15 minutes or less to eat. A study finds that kids who get less than 20 minutes for lunch end up eating less of everything on their tray.