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Rural Disparities in the Distribution of Policies that Support Healthy Eating in U.S. Secondary Schools

The Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 included a mandate to school districts participating in the federal school meal program to establish and implement policies addressing wellness, including nutrition, by the start of the 2006-07 school year. Using data from the 2008 School Health Profiles principal survey for middle and junior/senior high schools More

Keywords: Competitive foods, Food advertising, Fruits and vegetables, Rural, School wellness policies, Snacks, Sugar-sweetened beverages, Urban, Vending machines

Date: August 2013

Resource Type: Journal Article

Focus Areas: Food Marketing Pricing & Economics School & After School

Evaluating Nutrition Policies and Practices in U.S. Secondary Schools

This aim of this work is to evaluate disparities in school-level nutrition policies and practices across the U.S. More specifically, the objective of this research is to (a) determine the prevalence of school-level nutrition policies and practices in a large sample of schools across multiple states stratified by school-level socioeconomic status, geographic location, and racial/ethnic More

Keywords: Competitive foods, Food advertising, Fruits and vegetables, Snacks, Sugar-sweetened beverages, Vending machines

Date: September 2008

Resource Type: Grant Summary