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Truly healthy school - Transformation of school meals

Autor	Tomáš Václavík, Margit Slimáková
Organisation	Skutečně zdravá škola, Brno
Year	2014
Research type	information about project
Annotation	Approximately 80% of children, pupils and students in Czech schools, eat in school cafeterias. There is growing scientific evidence that eating better is associated with better outcomes in school, improved cognitive functions, better ability to maintain attention and a number of other positive features of the behavior of pupils and students, including better attendance and synergies. This text tries to describe as accurately as possible the current state of food served in school cafeterias. Furthermore, the project will have a healthy school, which is based on the experience of a similar program in the UK. Here it was found that this program has positive aspects that improve pupil achievement improves children's health, brings benefits for local entrepreneurs. Truly healthy school program is a comprehensive, fully integrated into the life of the whole school, which aims to create a culture of valuing food, savoring them and learning about food. Schools participating in the program really healthy school, the school canteen buy raw materials from local farmers, bakers and butchers, organize trips to local farms, food integrate the topic into the curriculum, the school held on farmers' markets.
Keywords	food, eating, school cafeteria, study results, pupil
Research type	continual research
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Obor	AM Pedagogy, education, AQ Security and health protection
Email	helena@skutecnezdravaskola.cz
Availability	available in the NRVDM electronic library
Download research	1428495288.pdf
Organisation	Skutečně zdravá škola, Brno
Possible connection	Numbers of pupils and student