Amount of Time to Eat Lunch Is Associated with Children's Selection and Consumption of School Meal Entrée, Fruits, Vegetables, and Milk

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 123-128

  Cohen, Juliana F W ^a,b   Jahn, Jaquelyn L ^b   Richardson, Scott ^c   Cluggish, Sarah A ^c   Parker, Ellen ^c   Rimm, Eric B ^d  

^a MERRIMACK COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Project Bread   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruit intake; Lunch period length; Milk intake; School lunch; Vegetable intake

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; DIET; EATING; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; MEAL; MILK; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL; STUDENT; TIME FACTOR; VEGETABLE;

ANIMALS; CHILD; DIET; EATING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SERVICES; FRUIT; HUMANS; LUNCH; MALE; MILK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84955366346     PISSN: 22122672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2015.07.019     Document Type: Article

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