Focus Area: Food Access

Impact of Maine’s State-Wide Rule on High School Nutrition Environments and Students’ Dietary Behaviors

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Maine’s Chapter 51 rule represents one of the strongest current state-wide school nutrition standards in the country. Study aims: 1) examine effects of Chapter 51, on high school nutrition policies, environments and revenues and on high school student dietary behaviors; and 2) examine the influence of proximity and density of non-school food venues on high More

Study on Food Policies and Environments In and Around Elementary Schools and Their Relationship with Food Consumption and Body Mass Index

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The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of state competitive food policies, food environments inside schools, and food environments nearby schools on children’s food purchases, consumption, and body mass using data on a national sample of elementary school children. In addition, the study will examine socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in school food More