Concession stand makeovers: a pilot study of offering healthy foods at high school concession stands
Author(s) -
Helena H. Laroche,
Christopher N. Ford,
K. Hansen,
Xueya Cai,
David R. Just,
Andrew Hanks,
Brian Wansink
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdu015
Subject(s) - revenue , business , profit (economics) , marketing , healthy food , agricultural science , profit margin , agricultural economics , environmental health , advertising , medicine , finance , economics , food science , chemistry , environmental science , microeconomics
Concession stands at high school events are exempt from the US Department of Agriculture regulations for school foods. Concessions are generally stocked with unhealthy foods since healthy foods are believed to have lower sales and profit margins.
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