Trends in national-level school feeding policy objectives worldwide: Japan and multiple countries

Public policy denotes a government's formal intent to address specific issues in pursuit of defined objectives. The vision and mission of school feeding have progressively expanded. This study examined school feeding policy objectives across multiple countries, drawing on data from the Global Survey of School Meal Programs, and identified 23 relevant policies. The objectives were classified into five domains: health and nutrition, education, social protection, agriculture, and other areas. Japan is particularly notable for distinctive aims, including enhancing school life, fostering sociability and cooperation, promoting appreciation of nature, and cultivating respect for life and the natural world.

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Tropical Medicine and Health
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2025-11-24
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https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-025-00818-1
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Child Nutrition and Water Access
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Trends in national-level school feeding policy objectives worldwide: Japan and multiple countries

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Trends in national-level school feeding policy objectives worldwide: Japan and multiple countries

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Abstract

Public policy denotes a government's formal intent to address specific issues in pursuit of defined objectives. The vision and mission of school feeding have progressively expanded. This study examined school feeding policy objectives across multiple countries, drawing on data from the Global Survey of School Meal Programs, and identified 23 relevant policies. The objectives were classified into five domains: health and nutrition, education, social protection, agriculture, and other areas. Japan is particularly notable for distinctive aims, including enhancing school life, fostering sociability and cooperation, promoting appreciation of nature, and cultivating respect for life and the natural world.

Tropical Medicine and HealthVol. 53(1)
Nagano University (JP), Fukushima Medical University (JP), Shinshu University (JP), Tokyo University of Information Sciences (JP), Nagano College of Nursing (JP), University of the Ryukyus (JP), National Center for Global Health and Medicine (JP), Tokyo Women's Medical University (JP), Nagasaki University (JP), Okinawa International University (JP), Kanagawa University of Human Services (JP), The University of Tokyo (JP), Teikyo University (JP), Yamagata Prefectural University of Health Sciences (JP)
University of the Ryukyus, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
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