Abstract
The paper presents contemporary data of foreign and Russian researchers on the healthy nutrition of schoolchildren. An analysis of the existing forms and principles of school catering is provided; school rations around the world, different approaches to their formation, and new school nutrition standards in the USA and Eastern Europe are described and discussed. The authors focus on the implementation of the National Government programs on the organization of school healthy nutrition in foreign countries. Original research data collected by the Russian scientists on students’ taste preferences are also provided in the paper. Our review clearly indicates a number of products that are offered in a school menu do not meet students’ taste preferences. The authors also note that there is no continuity between home and school meals. This determines the need to better educate parents, children, and teachers about modern principles and skills of healthy nutrition, to take into account schoolchildren’s food preferences, to promote learning to use a “school-family menu” principle. On the basis of the conducted research, the authors recommend creating an effective model of school feeding in the Russian Federation. On the one hand, this model takes into account local experience, while on the other hand, this model is quite universal (consequently, it is applicable in any foreign country, not only in Russia).
Highlights
In most modern countries of the world with a developed state social security, such as Sweden, Denmark, Germany, and Finland, government subsidies can account for up to 80% of the cost of a school ration (Aurino et al, 2018)
Parents are involved in financing school lunches, but the quality of food services provided to a child, for example in the USA, is higher than in Eastern Europe and Russia (Martinchik et al, 2018)
Our cross-national review of children’s nutrition in contemporary conditions, their eating behavior shows that a number of products, dishes, and culinary products that are offered in a school menu do not meet students’ taste preferences
Summary
In most modern countries of the world with a developed state social security, such as Sweden, Denmark, Germany, and Finland, government subsidies can account for up to 80% of the cost of a school ration (Aurino et al, 2018). None of these countries shifts the burden of financially ensuring children's nutrition completely to budget sources. The first one was providing children with fruits and vegetables, and the second one supplied milk. As of it is merging into one system. As well as experiences of other countries in organizing school feeding, this is important when developing an effective school feeding model in the Russian Federation
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