Nutritious schoolprovided lunches top of the menu for Australian parents
Jan 29, 2026
As kids head back to school and attention returns to the daily grind of lunch boxes, new research reveals Australian parents are overwhelmingly supportive of school-provided lunch programs, with nutrition and variety their biggest priorities. Led by Flinders University's Caring Futures Institute, th
e research team surveyed almost 400 parents of primary school children across Australia, finding 93% of parents were interested in school-provided lunches and willing to pay for them. ...read more read less