Stronger State School Nutrition Laws Are Associated With Healthier Eating Behaviors and Optimal Weight Status in US Adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate relationships of farm-to-school, school meal, and competitive food state laws with eating behaviors and weight status and to examine interaction between different types of state laws.

Design

Observational cohort study.

Settings

US adolescents.

Participants

The NEXT study is a nationally representative sample of adolescents assessed annually for 7 years. Data (N = 2751) from students attending public schools from the first (W1) and third (W3) assessment waves (2010 and 2012), occurring during grades 10 and 12, respectively, of the NEXT study were included.

Measures

Eating behaviors and weight status of adolescents were linked with Classification of Laws Associated with School Students scoring for state laws.

Analysis

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SUBMITTER: Sanjeevi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9530457 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature