Middle-school students' school lunch consumption does not meet the new Institute of Medicine's National School Lunch Program recommendations

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1876-1881

  Cullen, Karen W ^a   Watson, Kathleen B ^a   Dave, Jayna M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Institute of Medicine's recommendations; Lunch consumption; Policy; School nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CALORIC INTAKE; CATERING SERVICE; CEREAL; CHILD NUTRITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCHOOL; STANDARD; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BEVERAGES; CEREALS; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; ENERGY INTAKE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (U.S.); MENU PLANNING; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84855377285     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011000656     Document Type: Article

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