The 2018 Smarter Lunchrooms Symposium featured an entire day devoted to showcasing current research into Smarter Lunchrooms. Scientists from the Cornell B.E.N. Center and universities around the country shared presentations and posters related to Smarter Lunchrooms strategies applied in American schools and abroad.
Meet the researchers and learn more about the 2018 Smarter Lunchrooms Symposium.
This exciting research is now available to view. The presentations were recorded and subtitles were added. The posters from the poster session are listed below the presentations.
Research presentations
A Behavioral Intervention to Encourage School Children to Eat New Biofortified Foods in Nigeria
Dr. David Just, Cornell University
Video presentation
Video clip of schoolchildren singing the promotional song
Slides
Taking Fun to School Lunchrooms
Dr. Janani Thapa, University of Georgia
Video presentation
Slides
Smarter Lunchrooms: A Policy, Systems, & Environment Approach to School Meals
Dr. Virginia (Ginny) Mermel & Dr. Katie Bark, Montana State University
Video presentation
Slides
Nudging National School Lunch Program Participants Toward Healthier Choices
Dr. Jaclyn Kropp, University of Florida
Video presentation
Slides
The Association between School Characteristics and School Adoption of the Smarter Lunchrooms Movement: A Cross-Sectional Study
Dr. Gnel Gabrielyan, Cornell University
Video presentation and slides are being updated, will be up soon!
Posters
Smarter Lunchrooms Strategies Decrease Vegetable Waste in Montana High School Cafeterias
Katie Bark, RDN, LN, Carmen Byker Shanks, PhD, RDN, and Molly Stenberg, RD, LN
Montana State University, Montana Team Nutrition
Smarter Lunchrooms Strategies Increases Vegetable Selection at Salad Bars
Carmen Byker Shanks, PhD, RDN, Katie Bark, RDN, LN, and Molly Stenberg, RD, LN
Montana State University, Montana Team Nutrition
Mickey‘s Mighty Milk: Food Naming to Reduce Food Waste in an Elementary School Cafeteria
Carrie Steindorff, Andrew Del Rey, Stefanie Hubert, Steven Alihonou, Sonia McGowan, Ethan Shafran
Rockland County Department of Health, Eat Smart New York – Cornell Cooperative Extension
Smarter Lunchrooms Equal Deeper Pockets
Kathryn I. Hoy RD, Andrew S. Hanks, David R. Just, Brian Wansink
Cornell University
Chefs Move to Schools USDA Program Increases Consumption and Selection of Targeted Entrées in School Lunchrooms
Kathryn I. Hoy RD, Andrew S. Hanks, David R. Just, Brian Wansink
Cornell University
Does changing environments really give more nutritional bang for the buck?
Andrew S. Hanks, David R. Just, and Brian Wansink
Cornell University