A rotten deal for schools? An assessment of states' success with the National School Lunch Program's in-kind food benefit

Food Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 588-596

  Peterson, Cora ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child nutrition; National School Lunch Program; School commodity program; US Department of Agriculture

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; FOOD QUALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051877407     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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