Published: June 2009

ID #: 1025

Publisher: Healthy Eating Research

Authors: Belansky E, Chriqui J, Schwartz M

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The Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 mandated that school districts participating in any federally reimbursed school meal programs develop a local school wellness policy by the beginning of the 2006-07 school year. This brief, published by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, summarizes key results from early research on the implementation of these policies,

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