Use of Salad Bars in Schools to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Consumption: Where's the Evidence?

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1233-1236

  Adams, Marc A ^a   Bruening, Meg ^a   Ohri Vachaspati, Punam ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruit and vegetable consumption; Salad bars; School; Waste; Youth

Indexed keywords

CATERING SERVICE; DECISION MAKING; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; SCHOOL; STUDENT; VEGETABLE;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SERVICES; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84938211945     PISSN: 22122672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2015.02.010     Document Type: Article

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