Forty-eight percent of Ohio voters believe students do not have enough time to eat lunch in school, according to a survey released Thursday by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a healthcare advocacy group, and the Pew Charitable Trusts, a nonprofit.
Ninety-five percent of respondents with children in public K-12 schools say it’s important that students have enough time to finish their meals, according to the statewide poll of 800 voters.
"Giving kids enough time to eat can help ensure they get the nutrients and energy offered in today's school meals," Jessica Donze Black—director of the Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project, a collaboration between the two groups behind the survey—said in a statement. "Schools are serving more fruits and vegetables under current nutrition standards, and research demonstrates that kids are taking and eating more of these healthy foods."