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Posted on June 12, 2019June 13, 2019

Peas before Pizza: Why Food Order Matters in the Lunch Line

salad barHave you ever been to a buffet and filled your plate on the first few offerings, only to find that your favorite dish is last in line?  You’re not the only one! Studies conducted by Cornell  Center for Behavioral Economics …

Posted on June 12, 2019June 13, 2019

The “Trigger” Effect: Certain Foods May Trigger Kids to Buy or Avoid Junk Food

boy choosing cookie or apple

Students typically walk past a wide assortment of food options as they proceed through the lunch line to buy meals at school—and the foods they pass on the way can actually impact what they wind up buying. Researchers at the …

Posted on June 12, 2019June 13, 2019

Habits that Help: How to Utilize Our Food-Choice Biases to Improve Nutrition

selecting from buffetEating behaviors tend to be programmed during childhood as kids determine what foods they do or do not like, so increasing a child’s preference for healthy food options at an early age can create a foundation for healthy living. Researchers …

Posted on June 12, 2019June 13, 2019

Serving Up Sliced Apples: Wayne County, NY Schools, Cornell Cooperative Extension and Regional Food Bank Make It Happen

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Wayne County (CCE) began working with school district food service directors (FSDs) several years ago to pursue ways to increase the amount and variety of local produce offered to public school students. With over 900 farms, …

Posted on June 12, 2019June 13, 2019

Increase Meal Participation with Behavioral Economics Principles

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Make Reimbursable Meals Convenient – During the lunch period, place Grab N’Go meals in high traffic areas or near popular hangouts. In other words, bring the food  to them!

Make Reimbursable Meals Look Good – Highlight the meal with colorful …

Posted on June 12, 2019June 13, 2019

Increase the Number of Students that Select Reimbursable Meals

During a busy lunch period, time is students’ most valuable commodity and they will often grab a snack or skip lunch altogether rather than wait in a long line for a full meal, even when they are hungry!  Worse, over …

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This work is supported in part by New Technologies for Agriculture Extension grant no. 2020-41595-30123 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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