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The Power of Policy: A Case Study of Healthy Eating Among Children

Author(s) -

Diana Cassady,

Rainbow A. Vogt,

Debbie Oto-Kent,

Ramona Mosley,

Richard Lincoln

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2005.072124

Subject(s) - ethnically diverse , unintended consequences , environmental health , healthy eating , consumption (sociology) , snack food , low income , psychology , medicine , food science , political science , physical activity , socioeconomics , economics , sociology , population , social science , chemistry , law , physical medicine and rehabilitation

We used a case study approach to examine the nutritional effect of a policy to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in the Students Today Achieving Results for Tomorrow after-school program. The snack menu was changed in 44 after-school programs serving 8000 low-income and ethnically diverse elementary-school students. A comparison of previous and current snack menus identified a significant increase in fruit servings (83%) and no change in vegetable servings. We discuss the unintended consequences resulting from the menu changes.

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