Background A healthy school nutrition environment may be important for decreasing childhood overweight. This article describes a project to make healthier snacks and beverages available in vending machines and à la carte programs in Maine public high schools. Context Seven public high schools in Maine volunteered to participate in this project. Four schools made changes to the nutrition environment, and three schools that served as controls did not. The nutrition guidelines were to offer only low-fat (not more than 30% of total calories from fat) and low-sugar (not more than 35% by weight of sugar) items in vending machines and à la carte programs. Methods Strategies to implement the project included early communications with school offic...
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Purpose: School districts in the U.S. regularly offer foods that compete with the USDA reimbursable ...
Background: The percentage of children with obesity and type II diabetes in the United States has in...
BACKGROUND: A healthy school nutrition environment may be important for decreasing childhood overwei...
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of childhood overweight and at risk for overweight has become a major...
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of childhood ‘‘overweight’ ’ and ‘‘at risk for overweight’ ’ has become a...
Context: Research consistently shows that the majority of American children do not consume diets tha...
School environments that provide consistent and reliable nutrition information promote the developme...
This article proposes a novel approach to school food reform that promotes healthy dietary habits. D...
Background Changes in the school food environment are a logical target to prevent childhood overweig...
The increasing prevalence of overweight and obese children in the United States draws concern for fu...
Abstract Background Federal nutritional guidelines apply to school foods provided through the nation...
During the last three decades the prevalence of obesity among U.S. children has risen dramatically [...
We assessed the impact of a pilot middle school a la carte intervention on food and beverage purchas...
Copyright © 2012 Fréderike Mensink et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Crea...
This is the publisher’s final pdf. The article is copyrighted by American School Health Association ...
Purpose: School districts in the U.S. regularly offer foods that compete with the USDA reimbursable ...
Background: The percentage of children with obesity and type II diabetes in the United States has in...
BACKGROUND: A healthy school nutrition environment may be important for decreasing childhood overwei...
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of childhood overweight and at risk for overweight has become a major...
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of childhood ‘‘overweight’ ’ and ‘‘at risk for overweight’ ’ has become a...
Context: Research consistently shows that the majority of American children do not consume diets tha...
School environments that provide consistent and reliable nutrition information promote the developme...
This article proposes a novel approach to school food reform that promotes healthy dietary habits. D...
Background Changes in the school food environment are a logical target to prevent childhood overweig...
The increasing prevalence of overweight and obese children in the United States draws concern for fu...
Abstract Background Federal nutritional guidelines apply to school foods provided through the nation...
During the last three decades the prevalence of obesity among U.S. children has risen dramatically [...
We assessed the impact of a pilot middle school a la carte intervention on food and beverage purchas...
Copyright © 2012 Fréderike Mensink et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Crea...
This is the publisher’s final pdf. The article is copyrighted by American School Health Association ...
Purpose: School districts in the U.S. regularly offer foods that compete with the USDA reimbursable ...
Background: The percentage of children with obesity and type II diabetes in the United States has in...