Retooling food service for early elementary school students in somerville, Massachusetts: The shape up somerville experience

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Goldberg, Jeanne P ^a   Collins, Jessica J ^b   Folta, Sara C ^a   McLarney, Mary Jo ^c   Kozower, Claire ^d   Kuder, Julia ^a   Clark, Valerie ^a   Economos, Christina D ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Partners for a Healthier Community Inc   (United States)

^c Somerville Public Schools Food Service Department   (United States)

^d Somerville Public Schools Food Service Department ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OBESITY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; MENU PLANNING; OBESITY; POVERTY AREAS; SCHOOLS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70149103435     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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