Healthier Standards for School Meals and Snacks: Impact on School Food Revenues and Lunch Participation Rates.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In 2012, the updated U.S. Department of Agriculture school meals standards and a competitive food law similar to the fully implemented version of the national Smart Snack standards went into effect in Massachusetts. This study evaluated the impact of these updated school meal standards and Massachusetts' comprehensive competitive food standards on school food revenues and school lunch participation.

Methods

Revenue and participation data from 11 Massachusetts school districts were collected from 2011 to 2014 and analyzed in 2015 using multilevel modeling. The association between the change in compliance with the competitive food standards and revenues/participation was assessed using linear regression.

Results

Schools experienced declines in school food r

SUBMITTER: Cohen JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7346735 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature