Evaluation of Alabama Public School Wellness Policies and State School Mandate Implementation

Journal of School Health

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 281-287

  Gaines, Alisha B ^a   Lonis Shumate, Steven R ^b   Gropper, Sareen S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; School health policy; School wellness; Wellness policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; EVALUATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ALABAMA; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FOOD SERVICES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; PUBLIC SECTOR; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955130558     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2011.00588.x     Document Type: Article

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