School Closures During COVID-19: Opportunities For Innovation in Meal Service
School Closures During COVID-19: Opportunities For Innovation in Meal Service
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DOI：
10.2105/ajph.2020.305875
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发表时间：
2020-11-01
影响因子：
12.7
通讯作者：
Hager, Erin R.
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作者：
Kinsey, Eliza W.;Hecht, Amelie A.;Hager, Erin R.
2019年，国家学校午餐计划和学校早餐计划每天以低成本或免费向学生提供约1500万份早餐和3000万份午餐。由于与新冠肺炎疫情相关的长期学校停课，这些膳食的获取已被中断，这可能会降低学生的营养摄入量和家庭食品安全。到2020年3月73当周，所有州都已强制要求全州范围内的学校因疫情而停课，每周错过早餐和午餐的学校数量达到约1.696亿人的峰值；这一周的估计数字在4月的最后一周保持稳定。我们重点介绍了各州和学区正在使用的战略，包括马里兰州和美国农业部的一个案例研究，在许多情况下，这些豁免引入了灵活性，允许创新。此外，我们还探讨了从这场大流行中吸取的教训，目的是为未来的学校营养政策提供信息并加强学校在课外时间的营养政策，例如在夏季期间。
In 2019, the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program served approximately 15 million breakfasts and 30 million lunches daily at low or no cost to students.Access to these meals has been disrupted as a result of long-term school closures related to the COVID-19 pandemic, potentially decreasing both student nutrient intake and household food security. By the week of March 73, 2020, all states had mandated statewide school closures as a result of the pandemic, and the number of weekly missed breakfasts and lunches served at school reached a peak of approximately 169.6 million; this weekly estimate remained steady through the Final week of April.We highlight strategies that states and school districts are using to replace these missed meals, including a case study from Maryland and the US Department of Agriculture waivers that, in many cases, have introduced flexibility to allow for innovation. Also, we explore lessons learned from the pandemic with the goal of informing and strengthening future school nutrition policies for out-of-school time, such as over the summer.