Slow Progress in Changing the School Food Environment: Nationally Representative Results from Public and Private Elementary Schools

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1380-1389

  Turner, Lindsey ^a   Chaloupka, Frank J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Food; Nutrition; Obesity; School

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; GARDENING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SCHOOL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD DISPENSERS, AUTOMATIC; FOOD SERVICES; GARDENING; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION POLICY; OBESITY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865546955     PISSN: 22122672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2012.04.017     Document Type: Article

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