The Association Between School Meal Offers and Well-being, Learning Culture, Motivation, and School Performance among Norwegian Secondary School Pupi…

2021

Master's thesis in Public health science (ME516) Background While the relationship between diet and nutrition, and school performance has been explored in several studies, there is a lacking number of studies addressing the effect of organized school meals on pupils’ school performance and social health factors. Thus, the aim of this study is to examine the association between the serving of school meals in Norwegian secondary schools and well-being, learning culture, motivation, and school performance among its pupils. Methods The cross-sectional analyses of the present study are founded on data from a larger survey conducted by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, and data from the s…