Healthier choices and increased participation in a middle school lunch program: Effects of nutrition policy changes in San Francisco

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1542-1547

  Wojcicki, Janet M ^a   Heyman, Melvin B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MIDDLE SCHOOL; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DECISION MAKING; DIET; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAN FRANCISCO; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748060194     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.070946     Document Type: Review

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