 While in developed countries the school meal is a source of nutritious meals, in developing countries it is an incentive to send children to school and continue their education.In developing countries, school meals provide food security at times of crisis and help children to become healthy and productive adults, thus helping to break the cycle of poverty and hunger.The first school lunches were served in 1790 in Munich, Germany by an American born physicist, Benjamin Thompson, also known as Count Rumford.