The impact of removing snacks of low nutritional value from middle schools

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 999-1011

  Schwartz, Marlene B ^a   Novak, Sarah A ^b   Fiore, Susan S ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Connecticut State Department of Education ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Nutrition; School policy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD HANDLING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; BEVERAGES; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD DISPENSERS, AUTOMATIC; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70450187686     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198108329998     Document Type: Article

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