State-level school competitive food and beverage laws are associated with children's weight status

Journal of School Health

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 609-616

  Hennessy, Erin ^a   Oh, April ^b   Agurs Collins, Tanya ^b   Chriqui, Jamie F ^c   Mâsse, Louise C ^d   Moser, Richard P ^b   Perna, Frank ^b  

^a FREDERICK NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child and adolescent health; Legislation; Nutrition and diet; Policy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BEVERAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAW; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BEVERAGES; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEGISLATION, FOOD; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905828711     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/josh.12181     Document Type: Article

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