Early effects of the federally mandated local wellness policy on school nutrition environments appear modest in Colorado's rural, low-income elementary schools

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1712-1717

  Belansky, Elaine S ^a   Cutforth, Nick ^a   Delong, Erin ^a   Litt, Jill ^a   Gilbert, Lynn ^a   Scarbro, Sharon ^a   Beatty, Bridget ^a   Romaniello, Cathy ^a   Brink, Lois ^a   Marshall, Julie A ^a  

^a Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MANPOWER; OBESITY; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COLORADO; FEMALE; FOOD DISPENSERS, AUTOMATIC; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; OBESITY; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS;

EID: 77958566867     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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