Impact of the Community Eligibility Provision on meal counts and participation in Pennsylvania and Maryland National School Lunch Programs.

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Abstract

To determine whether school-level participation in the federal Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), which provides free school lunch to all students, is associated with school meal participation rates. Participation in school meals is important for decreasing food insecurity and improving child health and well-being.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Public Health Nutr

Title: Public health nutrition

Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)

ISSN (Electronic): 1475-2727

ISSN (Print): 1368-9800

Publication date (Electronic): December 2019

Volume: 22

Issue: 17

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[1 ] Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, 950 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20052, USA.

[2 ] Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related TBI Research Center, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

[3 ] Department of Prevention and Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.

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Publisher Item ID: S1368980019002246

DOI: 10.1017/S1368980019002246

PubMed ID: 31409436

SO-VID: e27e8108-ef29-4147-9547-f34cb5ce9f23

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Keywords: Evaluation,Meal programme,Policy,School

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Keywords: Evaluation, Meal programme, Policy, School

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