School food environments and policies in US public schools

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Finkelstein, Daniel M ^a   Hill, Elaine L ^a   Whitaker, Robert C ^b  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Beverages; Child; Diet; Food; Nutrition policy; Schools; Vending machines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD; MEAL; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOOD HANDLING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOOD DISPENSERS, AUTOMATIC; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE;

EID: 48249101951     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-2814     Document Type: Article

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