A school salad bar increases frequency of fruit and vegetable consumption among children living in low-income households

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1490-1496

  Slusser, Wendelin M ^a,b   Cumberland, William G ^a   Browdy, Ben L ^c   Lange, Linda ^a   Neumann, Charlotte ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Children; Elementary school; Low income; Overweight; Salad bars; School lunch programme

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH FIBER DIET; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; REIMBURSEMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; VEGETABLE;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SERVICES; FRUIT; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 36349036530     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007000444     Document Type: Article

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