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Nome da publicação: The health, environmental, and cost implications of providing healthy and sustainable school meals for every child by 2030: a global modelling study
Authors: Marco Springmann, Manasi P Hansoge, Linda Schulz, Silvia Pastorino, Donald A P Bundy
Source: The Lancet Planetary Health
Published in: 2025
File type: Artigo de periódico
Kind of study: Estudo observacional
School meal programmes are thought to improve dietary behaviour in children, with benefits sustained throughout the life course, making them important catalysts for wider food-system change. However, only one in five children globally currently receives school meals. We estimated the potential effects of extending school meal coverage to all children by 2030 for dietary health; the environmental effects related to diets; and the costs of diets at global, regional, and national levels. Universal school meal coverage could make important contributions to improving children’s health, the food security of their families, and the sustainability of food systems. However, dedicated policy and financial support will be required to close the gap in school meal coverage, especially in low-income countries.