A qualitative study exploring the perceptions of children, parents and school staff towards the development and implementation of school lunch provision within primary schools in the Netherlands

Table 1 Overview of participants

School number	city	Timetable¹	SES of the neighborhood	principals	teachers	parents	children
1	Amsterdam, South-east	Continuous	Low	1	3	7	59
2	Ede, North	Continuous	High	1	4	16	52
3	Ede, South	Continuous	Low	1	-	-	-
4	Ede, South	Traditional	Low	1	2	-	48
5	Ede, North	Continuous	Low	1	-	-	-
6	Amsterdam, West	Continuous	Low	1	6	9	-
7	Amsterdam, West	Traditional	Low	1	-	-	-
8	Amsterdam, Central	Traditional	High	1	-	-	-
9	Amsterdam, East	Traditional	High	1	-	1	38

¹ continuous timetable with a mandatory lunchbreak at school. Traditional timetable children have lunch at home or bring a packed lunch from home to school. SES: socioeconomic status

ISSN: 1471-2458