Michele Polacsek
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Chapman L, Gosliner W, Olarte D, Zuercher M, Ritchie L, Orta-Aleman D, et al.
Public Health Nutr
. 2025 Feb;
:1-29.
PMID: 39901560
Objective: To understand caregivers' perceptions about their children's mealtime social experiences at school, and how they believe these social experiences impact their children's consumption of meals at school (both meals...
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Orta-Aleman D, Zuercher M, Hecht C, Hecht K, Poudel I, Olarte D, et al.
J Acad Nutr Diet
. 2024 Nov;
PMID: 39522748
Background: Universal school meals (USM) aim to eliminate barriers to school meal access by providing free meals to all students regardless of family income. During the COVID-19 pandemic, US Department...
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Cohen J, Chapman L, Olarte D, Hecht C, Hecht K, Minc L, et al.
J Acad Nutr Diet
. 2024 Oct;
PMID: 39383945
Background: In the United States, a means-tested approach is often used to provide free or reduced-price meals (FRPM) to students from lower-income households. However, federal income thresholds do not account...
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Zuercher M, Orta-Aleman D, Cohen J, Hecht C, Hecht K, Polacsek M, et al.
Nutrients
. 2024 Jun;
16(12).
PMID: 38931167
States in the U.S. are newly implementing universal school meal (USM) policies, yet little is known about the facilitators of their success and the challenges they confront. This study evaluated...
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Zuercher M, Cohen J, Ohri-Vachaspati P, Hecht C, Hecht K, Polacsek M, et al.
Health Aff Sch
. 2024 May;
2(1):qxad092.
PMID: 38756406
Parental perceptions of school meals can affect student participation and overall support for school meal policies. Little is known about parental school meal perceptions under universal free school meals (UFSM)...
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Chapman L, Gosliner W, Olarte D, Ritchie L, Schwartz M, Polacsek M, et al.
J Acad Nutr Diet
. 2024 May;
124(12):1561-1579.e14.
PMID: 38735530
Background: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the US Congress authorized the US Department of Agriculture to waive a variety of school meal regulations and funded school meals daily for...
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Hecht A, Gosliner W, Turner L, Hecht K, Hecht C, Ritchie L, et al.
J Acad Nutr Diet
. 2024 May;
124(12):1580-1589.
PMID: 38718858
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic focused national attention on food insecurity, equity, and the role of school meal programs in supporting children, families, and communities. In doing so, the pandemic created...
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Cohen J, Kesack A, Daly T, Elnakib S, Hager E, Hahn S, et al.
Nutrients
. 2024 Jan;
16(2).
PMID: 38257169
Snacks and beverages are often sold in addition to meals in U.S. schools ("competitive foods"), but their current nutritional quality and compliance with national Smart Snacks standards are unknown. This...
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Wilking C, Moukalled S, Polacsek M
J Sch Health
. 2023 Mar;
93(7):638-643.
PMID: 36861751
Digital marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages to children and adolescents is pervasive, highly effective, undermines healthy eating, and contributes to health inequities. Expanded use of electronic devices and remote...
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Cohen J, Polacsek M, Hecht C, Hecht K, Read M, Olarte D, et al.
Nutrients
. 2022 Oct;
14(19).
PMID: 36235683
School meals play a major role in supporting children's diets and food security, and policies for universal school meals (USM) have the potential to contribute to positive child health outcomes....