How and why was the research set up? The School Food Trust - an independent charity but largely sponsored by the Department for Children, Schools and Families - believes that eating well during the school day produces a range of positive outcomes. In 2007, it carried out a small trial in primary schools to see whether healthier meals and improvements to the dining environment would make a difference to how young children behaved in classes immediately after lunch.
The results were positive, which led the trust to try again with secondary schools. This trial involved 11 schools in four local authority areas. Seven of the schools piloted a range of interventions, while four control schools carried on in their normal way.
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