A number of years ago, many Ann Arbor elementary schools - including Mitchell School - began holding recess before lunch instead of the more traditional course of the other way around. Of course we did this for a lot of good reasons including a set of research and information from schools that were experiencing success with this model encouraging students to eat what was in their lunch box or on their lunch tray.
Turns out a recent New York Times article continues to validate this as a good school practice. The article in linked below.
http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/14/students-eat-more-healthy-foods-when-recess-is-held-before-lunch/?emc=eta1&_r=0
