TABLE 1.
Programs and policies for food provision in schools by country
| Country | School feeding programa | Mandatory regulation for competing foods and beverages sold inside schoolsb | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Starting year | Coverage | ||
| Bolivia | National Complementary School Meal Programme (PNACE) | 2014 | Universal coverage | |
| Brazil | Programa Nacional de Alimentación Escolar (PNAE) | 1954 | Universal coverage | Selected cities (2001–2013) |
| Chile | School Meals Programme (PAE) | 1952 | Targeted based on socioeconomic criteria | Yes (2016) |
| Colombia | School Meal Programme | 1936 | Targeted based on socioeconomic criteria | |
| Costa Rica | School Feeding Program for Children and Adolescents (PANEA) | 1927 | Universal coverage | Yes (2012) |
| Cuba | School Meals Programme | 1970 | Universal coverage | |
| Dominican Republic | School Meals Programme (PAE) | 1997 | Universal coverage | |
| Ecuador | School Meals Programme | 1999 | Universal coverage | Yes (2014) |
| El Salvador | School Meal and Health Programme (PASE) | 1996 | Universal coverage | |
| Guatemala | Support Programme: School Meals | 1995 | Universal coverage | |
| Haiti | National School Canteens Programme (PNCS) | 1997 | Geographic targeting | |
| Honduras | School Meals Programme | 2000 | Universal coverage | |
| Mexico | School Breakfasts | 1929 | Geographic and individual targeting | Yes (2011) |
| Nicaragua | Integral School Nutrition Programme (PINE) | 1994 | Universal coverage | |
| Panama | Complementary School Meals Programme | 1995 | Universal coverage | |
| Paraguay | Paraguay School Meals Programme (PAEP) | 2014 | Universal coverage | Yes (2013) |
| Peru | “Qali Warma” National School Meals Programme | 2012 | Progressive universal coverage | Yes (2015) |
| United States | National School Lunch Program (NSLP) | 1946 | Targeted based on socioeconomic criteria | |
a
Information was obtained from WFP (https://www.wfp.org/publications/smart‐school‐meals‐nutrition‐sensitive‐national‐programmes‐latin‐america‐and‐caribbean), FAO (http://www.fao.org/3/a‐au438s.pdf), the Brazilian National School Feeding Program (Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar) (https://www.fnde.gov.br/programas/pnae), and the United States National School Lunch Program (https://www.fns.usda.gov/nslp/nslp‐fact‐sheet).
b
According to NOURISHING database.