Modification of the school cafeteria environment can impact childhood nutrition. Results from the Wise Mind and LA Health studies.

ABSTRACT: Recent changes in nutrition standards for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs assume that modification of the nutritional serving practices of school cafeterias will result in improved childhood nutrition in the school environment. The primary aim of this paper is to summarize the findings from two recent cluster randomized controlled trials (Wise Mind and LA Health) that tested the hypothesis that modification of school cafeteria environments, including changes in nutrition standards, would yield beneficial changes in childhood nutrition and healthy eating in the school lunch environment. A secondary aim was to investigate the association of participant characteristics and changes in nutrition and healthy eating. A third aim was to investigate the relationships between

SUBMITTER: Williamson DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3953152 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature