Impact of Maine's statewide nutrition policy on high school food environments

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Whatley Blum, Janet E ^a   Beaudoin, Christina M ^b   O'Brien, Liam M ^c   Polacsek, Michele ^d   Harris, David E ^a   O'Rourke, Karen A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^b Grand Valley State University   (United States)

^c Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CATERING SERVICE; EATING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; SCHOOL; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

BEVERAGES; DATA COLLECTION; EATING; FOOD SERVICES; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MAINE; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SCHOOLS;

EID: 79955048936     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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