title: History of school meals in Great Britain.
abstract: This paper describes the early origins of the school meals service, their rapid growth in the second world war, their post war development and their recent retrenchment. The factors contributing to their early success and the problems to be overcome are discussed.
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D005522:Food Services; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D012574:Schools; D006113:United Kingdom