Universal school meals and associations with student participation, attendance, academic performance, diet quality, food security, and body mass index: a systematic …

JFW Cohen, AA Hecht, GM McLoughlin, L Turner… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
The school environment plays an important role in children's diets and overall health, and
policies for universal free school meals have the potential to contribute to positive child …

Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under

RK Hodder, KM O'Brien, RJ Wyse… - Cochrane Database …, 2024 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Insufficient consumption of fruits and vegetables in childhood increases the risk
of future non‐communicable diseases, including cardiovascular disease. Testing the effects …

Innovation to create a healthy and sustainable food system: a science advisory from the American Heart Association

CAM Anderson, AN Thorndike, AH Lichtenstein… - Circulation, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Current dietary intakes of North Americans are inconsistent with the Dietary Guidelines for
Americans. This occurs in the context of a food system that precludes healthy foods as the …

Essential components of physical education: Policy and environment

SL Burson, SC Mulhearn, DM Castelli… - … Quarterly for Exercise …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: Physical education policies provide guidance and accountability to develop quality
programs that increase physical literacy. The purpose of this study was to conduct a …

[HTML][HTML] National policies to limit food marketing and competitive food sales in schools: a global scoping review

M Perry, K Mardin, G Chamberlin, EA Busey… - Advances in …, 2024 - Elsevier
School food environments contribute to children's nutritional intake and overall health. As
such, the World Health Organization and other public health organizations encourage …

A call for theory to guide equity-focused federal child nutrition program policy responses and recovery efforts in times of public health crisis

JFW Cohen, KC Stowers… - Journal of the …, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and its related mitigation efforts
have had a dramatic influence on food and nutrition security in the United States. During this …

Competitive Foods' Nutritional Quality and Compliance with Smart Snacks Standards: An Analysis of a National Sample of US Middle and High Schools

JFW Cohen, A Kesack, TP Daly, SA Elnakib, E Hager… - Nutrients, 2024 - mdpi.com
Snacks and beverages are often sold in addition to meals in US schools (“competitive
foods”), but their current nutritional quality and compliance with national Smart Snacks …

Post–healthy, hunger-free kids act adherence to select school nutrition standards by region and poverty level: the healthy communities study

LE Au, LD Ritchie, K Gurzo, LA Nhan… - Journal of nutrition …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective This study determined the extent to which schools adhered to select nutrition and
wellness provisions of the 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act and examined differences by …

Meal quality of entrées that can be sold as competitive foods in schools and potential impact of the proposed USDA rollbacks

JFW Cohen, MB Schwartz, J Leider, L Turner… - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act strengthened competitive food standards (ie, Smart
Snacks), but an exemption allows reimbursable meal entrées that do not meet Smart Snack …

Association between nutrition policies and student body mass index

MB Schwartz, J Leider, JFW Cohen, L Turner… - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
In response to concerns about childhood obesity, many US states have implemented
policies to limit the sale of unhealthy foods and beverages (eg, snacks, desserts, and sugary …