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The interview guide contained 14 questions on caregivers\u2019 perceptions about their children\u2019s experiences with school meals.<\/jats:p>\n\t  <\/jats:sec>\n\t  <jats:sec id=\"S1368980024002349_as4\">\n\t    <jats:title>Participants:<\/jats:title>\n\t    <jats:p>Caregivers of students in elementary, middle and high schools in rural, suburban and urban communities in California (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> 46) and Maine (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> 20) were interviewed. Most (60\u00b76 %) were caregivers of children who were eligible for free or reduced-price meals.<\/jats:p>\n\t  <\/jats:sec>\n\t  <jats:sec id=\"S1368980024002349_as5\">\n\t    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n\t    <jats:p>Caregivers reported that an important benefit of eating meals at school is their child\u2019s opportunity to socialise with their peers. Caregivers also stated that their child\u2019s favourite aspect of school lunch is socialising with friends. However, some caregivers reported the cafeteria environment caused their children to feel anxious and not eat. Other caregivers reported that their children sometimes skipped lunch and chose to socialise with friends rather than wait in long lunch lines.<\/jats:p>\n\t  <\/jats:sec>\n\t  <jats:sec id=\"S1368980024002349_as6\">\n\t    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n\t    <jats:p>Socialising during school meals is important to both caregivers and students. Policies such as increasing lunch period lengths and holding recess before lunch have been found to promote school meal consumption and could reinforce the positive social aspects of mealtime for students.<\/jats:p>\n\t  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/s1368980024002349","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,4]],"date-time":"2025-02-04T01:33:51Z","timestamp":1738632831000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/policypage","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Impact of mealtime social experiences on student consumption of meals at school: a qualitative analysis of caregiver perspectives"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"28","author":[{"given":"Leah Elizabeth","family":"Chapman","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Health Inclusion, Research, and Practice, Merrimack College"},{"name":"Harvard T.H. 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