Stakeholder Generated Ideas for Alternative School Food Provision Models in Australia Using the Nominal Group Technique.

ABSTRACT: Good nutrition is important for children's learning, growth, and development, yet food intake during school hours does not align with recommendations. In Australia, most school children currently bring a packed lunch from home, but what if there was a different way? This project aimed to engage a diverse range of stakeholders to (1) generate, refine and prioritize ideas for novel models of food provision to Australian children within school hours, and (2) to determine and rank the potential barriers and facilitators to changing the school food provision system. This study used nominal group technique virtual workshops-three idea generation workshops (n = 21 participants) and one consensus workshop (n = 11 participants). School lunch prepared onsite was the top ranked food pro

SUBMITTER: Johnson BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7663195 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature