Healthy Food Policies Documented in University Food Service Contracts.

ABSTRACT: In the United States, there is an opportunity to improve the nutritional health of university students through the campus food environment. This project used a content analysis approach to investigate whether healthy food standards and policies were incorporated into the contract agreements between North Carolina (NC) public universities and their food service management companies. Food service contracts were collected from 14 NC public universities using food service management companies on campus. Each contract was evaluated using the 35-item North Carolina Food Service Policy Guidelines Assessment to examine four elements of the campus food environment: Beverages, Packaged Snacks, Prepared Foods, and Other (e.g., strategic placement of healthier food). Five university food service contr

SUBMITTER: Fandetti SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10454280 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature