Inventory versus checklist approach to assess middle school à la carte food availability

Journal of School Health

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 593-598

  Hearst, Mary O ^a   Lytle, Leslie A ^b   Pasch, Keryn E ^c   Heitzler, Carrie D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

la carte; Assessment methods; Competitive foods; School environment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD NUTRITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SERVICES; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH FOOD; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449659128     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2009.00453.x     Document Type: Article

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