The Impact of Nutrition Standards on Competitive Food Offerings and Purchasing Behaviors of High School Students

Journal of School Health

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 541-546

  Snelling, Anastasia M ^a   Kennard, Teha ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Child and adolescent health; Health educators; Nutrition and diet; Policy; School food services; School nurses

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; SCHOOL; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350023203     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2009.00446.x     Document Type: Article

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