TY - BOOK AU - Ruis,A.R. TI - Eating to learn, learning to eat: the origins of school lunch in the United States T2 - Critical issues in health and medicine series SN - 9780813584096 AV - LB3479 .E285 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - New Brunswick PB - Rutgers University Press KW - National School Lunch Program (U.S.) KW - National school lunch program KW - History KW - Children KW - Nutrition KW - Politics, Practical KW - Schools KW - Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena KW - Government Programs KW - history KW - Nutrition Policy KW - Politics KW - Lunch KW - Socioeconomic Factors KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; "The old-fashioned lunch box ... seems likely to be extinct": the promise of school meals in the United States --; (Il)Legal lunches: school meals in Chicago --; Menus for the melting pot: school meals in New York City --; Food for the farm belt: school meals in rural America --; "A nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished": school meals under Federal relief programs --; From aid to entitlement: creation of the National School Lunch Program --; 2; b N2 - Historian A.R. Ruis explores the origins of American school meal initiatives to explain why it has been so difficult to establish meal programs that satisfy the often competing interests of children, parents, schools, health authorities, politicians, and the food industry UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1455665&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -