National school food standards in England: a cross-sectional study to explore compliance in secondary schools and impact on pupil nutritional intake.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many countries have introduced school food standards to improve the dietary intakes of school-aged children. England has school food standards (SFS) legislation in place but little is known about how well secondary schools comply with this. We aimed to assess compliance with the SFS legislation in English secondary schools and explore the impact of the SFS on pupils' nutritional intake.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study with English secondary schools from 2019 to 2022. We compared SFS compliance and pupil nutritional intake in schools mandated or not mandated to comply with the SFS legislation, and explored the association between school compliance and pupil nutritional intake. We assessed the percentage of SFS (%SFS) complied with by reviewing school f

SUBMITTER: Pallan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11515374 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature