Participation in the national school lunch program: Importance of school-level and neighborhood contextual factors

Journal of School Health

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 485-494

  Mirtcheva, Donka M ^b   Powell, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Child and adolescent health; Nutrition and diet; School food services

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; POVERTY; SCHOOL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESTAURANTS; SCHOOLS; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349130312     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2009.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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