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A national school food framework is on Chrystia Freeland's desk. Will Ottawa say yes? (www.winnipegfreepress.com)

submitted 7 months ago by grte@lemmy.ca to c/canadapolitics@lemmy.ca

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[–] Grappling7155@lemmy.ca 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

A study of the Swedish school lunch program found that

exposure to the school lunch program had substantial effects on educational attainment and health and these effects can explain a large part of the return to school lunches.

… and …

pupils exposed to the program during their entire primary school period have 3 percent greater life-time earnings.

If this is administered well in Canada, with fresh nutritious food, I’m all for it.

[–] toaster 2 points 7 months ago

Ultimately, the root cause is poverty and food insecurity, so this is a band aid solution. However it can do a lot of good in the meantime if they work with Dietitians of Canada to properly implement it.