Nutrient content of school meals before and after implementation of nutrition recommendations in five school districts across two U.S. counties

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue S1, 2014, Pages S21-S27

  Cummings, Patricia L ^a,b   Welch, Sarah B ^c   Mason, Maryann ^c,d   Burbage, Lindsey ^b   Kwon, Soyang ^c   Kuo, Tony ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child nutrition; Nutrition assessment; Nutrition policy; Obesity

Indexed keywords

SODIUM; SUGAR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CALORIE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAL; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; CALORIMETRY; CATERING SERVICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CALORIMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MEALS; MENU PLANNING; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION POLICY; OBESITY; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE;

EID: 84908238523     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.03.004     Document Type: Article

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