School dinner

A school dinner is a meal (dinner or lunch) provided to students at a school. It is usually served just after noon.

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Meal - Dinner - Lunch - Student - School - Noon

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Some schools have theme days whereby food is served in a particular style. For example, the school might serve Chinese cuisine to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

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Chinese cuisine - Chinese New Year

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In the United States, many public schools participate in a federally-funded child nutrtion program, the National School Lunch Program, which provides reduced price, free, or subsidized meals to children. The quality of food in the program has been derided by movies such as Super Size Me and in parodic songs such as Adam Sandler's "Lunch Lady Land." As childhood obesity becomes more of a public policy issue, health advocates are working to improve this program.

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National School Lunch Program - Super Size Me - Adam Sandler

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School dinners became a big topic in the UK in 2004 when chef Jamie Oliver spearheaded a campaign to improve the quality of the meals. After a television documentary was shown on Channel 4 the public showed support for the increase of funding for school meals – the topic became a factor in the 2005 UK general election.

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UK - 2004 - Chef - Jamie Oliver - Channel 4 - 2005 UK general election

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