Is the Balanced School Day Truly Balanced? A Review of the Impacts on Children, Families, and School Food Environments

Journal of School Health

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 405-410

  Wu, Theresa F ^a   Macaskill, Lesley A ^b   Salvadori, Marina I ^c   Dworatzek, Paula D N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b BRESCIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elementary school; Health in all policies approach; School food environment; School health policy; School nutrition; School schedule

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEAL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SCHOOL;

BODY MASS INDEX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LUNCH; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84927656146     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/josh.12265     Document Type: Article

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