A Menu for Health: Changes to New York City School Food, 2001 to 2011

Journal of School Health

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 484-491

  Perlman, Sharon E ^a   Nonas, Cathy ^a   Lindstrom, Lauren L ^a   Choe Castillo, Julia ^b   Mckie, Herman ^c   Alberti, Philip M ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b New York City Department of Education ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Nutrition standards; School food services; School meals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865968735     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2012.00726.x     Document Type: Article

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