**5. Conclusions**

Kenyan high schools fail to provide students with adequate nutritious foods. In comparison to the FAO [9], which acts as the worldwide benchmark for the development of school dietary guidelines, the study notes that none of the high schools in Kenya adequately meet the nutritional requirements of meals served to school-goers. Meal menus lack variation in food options, and are very repetitive and simplistic in nature. It observed that the foods most providedin schools are highfiber foods, githeri (a mixture of maize and beans), and starchy foods such as ugali (sti ff porridge) and rice, while the least-consumed food are fruits, proteins—especially during breakfasts—and vegetables. National schools consume the highest quantities of dietary fiber and starch in comparison to other high schools whilst county schools consume the highest quantities of vegetables. Private schools consume the highest quantities of breakfast proteins, while county schools consume the highest quantities of legumes. The majority of Kenyan high schools fail to attain nutrient requirements in meals o ffered to students, while in some cases schools surpass the recommended amount, such as for dietary fiber, where schools o ffer three times more than the recommended amounts. The Kenyan governmen<sup>t</sup> should work with various stakeholders to ensure the development of an adequate school feeding policy to develop and implement nutrition guidelines in the county. Additionally, an area of further research would be how much food the adolescents in Kenyan high schools consumed.

**Author Contributions:** Conceptualization by C.B.I. and K.S.; methodology designed by C.B.I., K.S. and A.D.; Data compilation by K.S. and C.S.; Data analysis by K.S. and B.A.; validation by C.B.I., A.D. and J.O.; original draft prepared by K.S.; review and editing by K.S., C.B.I., A.D. and J.O. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

**Funding:** This research received no external funding.

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.
