Open AccessState Policies Targeting Junk Food in Schools: Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Effect of Policy Change on Soda Consumption
Author(s) -
Daniel R. Taber,
June Stevens,
Kelly R. Evenson,
Dianne S. Ward,
Charles Poole,
Matthew L. Maciejewski,
David M. Murray,
Ross C. Brownson
Publication year - 2011
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.2011.300221
Subject(s) - percentile , ethnic group , confidence interval , body mass index , medicine , demography , consumption (sociology) , environmental health , gerontology , behavioral risk factor surveillance system , political science , population , sociology , social science , statistics , mathematics , pathology , law
We estimated the association between state policy changes and adolescent soda consumption and body mass index (BMI) percentile, overall and by race/ethnicity.