Promoting the Purchase of Low-Calorie Foods From School Vending Machines: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Study

Journal of School Health

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 115-122

  Kocken, Paul L ^a   Eeuwijk, Jennifer ^b   Van Kesteren, Nicole M C ^a   Dusseldorp, Elise ^a   Buijs, Goof ^c   Bassa Dafesh, Zeina ^c   Snel, Jeltje ^d  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b Health Research and Consultancy BV   (Netherlands)

^c NIGZ Netherlands Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention   (Netherlands)

^d The Netherlands Nutrition Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavior; Environment; Health promotion; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; ECONOMICS; FAT INTAKE; FOOD; FOOD HANDLING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY PROTEINS; FOOD; FOOD DISPENSERS, AUTOMATIC; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OBESITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84856776173     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2011.00674.x     Document Type: Article

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