Body mass index and sociodemographic predictors of school lunch purchase behavior during a year-long environmental intervention in middle school

Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 324-340

  Greece, Jacey A ^a   Kratze, Alyssa ^a   DeJong, William ^a   Cozier, Yvette C ^a,b   Quatromoni, Paula A ^a,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Child nutrition; Environmental intervention; Nutrition policy; School foodservice; School lunch participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029679235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2076328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/bs5020324     Document Type: Article

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