More than a billion school meals not served during pandemic: Study

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/cums-mta091820.php

News Release 18-Sep-2020
Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health

School closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted access to low or no-cost school breakfast and lunch programs for millions of low-income children. States and school districts developed innovative solutions to meet the nutritional needs of children and respond to the rapidly growing food insecurity crisis, yet the number of replacement meals is likely far short of what they provided prior to the pandemic, according to a study led by a researcher at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The findings are published in the American Journal of Public Health.

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