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, …
Encourage Healthy Eating Behaviors and Promote School Lunches
Students who eat full, balanced meals everyday are more likely to perform better academically and behaviorally.5 Often, the breakfasts and lunches provided by the school are the best way for children to get the nutrition that they need to concentrate …
Increase Meal Participation with Behavioral Economics Principles
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 …
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 …
Favorite Familiar Faces: How to Use Branding and Priming to Promote Healthy Foods
Kids often imitate their role models—many of whom are pop culture icons such as cartoon characters, superheroes, or puppets from TV. Companies capitalize on this love of recognizable characters to draw kids to their products, including unhealthy junk foods. Researchers …