Feeding children while Asian

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Qualitative study explores immigrant families' school lunch practices, highlighting cultural significance and challenges.

Including cultural foods in school lunches reflects immigrant families' food identity, yet school environments can discourage this.
Findings reveal competing influences on lunchbox choices, with children’s preferences and perceived health impacting parental decisions.
Arts-informed interviews with 19 children and 17 parents highlight the complexities of maintaining cultural traditions in Toronto.
School food policies must consider cultural inclusivity to avoid marginalizing diverse foodways among immigrant families.

Seko et al. (2025) studied this question.

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