School Snacks and Drinks
Competitive Foods
The foods and beverages schools offer outside of meal programs are often called competitive foods because they compete with school meals for students' spending.
Nutrition
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Snacking in Children: The Role of Urban Corner Stores
More than half of the students in this Philadelphia study shopped at corner stores once daily, five days per week. Chips, candy, and sugary drinks were the most frequently purchased items.
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The Negative Impact of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages on Children’s Health
Over nearly the past 30 years, U.S. children and adolescents have dramatically increased their consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, including soda, fruit drinks and punches, and sports drinks.
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Teens Purchase Fewer Sugary Drinks After Seeing In-Store Calorie Signage
Teenagers purchased fewer sodas and other sugar-sweetened beverages after seeing calorie information on signs posted in convenience stores.
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Consumption of Sports Drinks by Children and Adolescents
In the middle of a national obesity epidemic, many sports drinks sold in the United States contain high amounts of sugar, adding more calories to youths’ diets.
3 p.m. to Bedtime: Crunch Time for Children and Obesity
Crunch Time: Challenges and Solutions
A poll reveals that many parents face a variety of barriers to helping their children lead healthy lives, especially during the "crunch time" from 3 p.m. to bedtime.
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Make Every Day a Healthy Day!: Sesame Workshop Distributes Nutrition and Physical Activity Kit to Child-Care Providers Serving Preschoool Children
August 11, 2010 | Program Result Report
The Sesame Workshop distributed 14,000 copies of the Healthy Habits for Life Child Care Resource Kit in English and Spanish to home-based child care providers to help them integrate nutrition and physical activity into their daily routines.
Tooling up for Healthy Eating and Physical Activity in Child-Care Centers
May 11, 2009 | Program Result Report
Researchers with the Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation in Wisconsin evaluated use of a toolkit designed to help child-care centers prevent overweight among young children by encouraging healthy eating and physical activity.
Looking for Ways to Evaluate California's Social Marketing Approach to Nutrition
November 11, 2008 | Program Result Report
The California Nutrition Network for Healthy, Active Families conducted in-depth interviews with experts in program planning and evaluation in order to gain an external critique of its evaluation model.
In Santa Fe, Cooking with Kids Program Tries to Make Fruits and Vegetables Interesting
August 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
Cooking with Kids is a hands-on food and nutrition education program that operates in 12 elementary schools in Santa Fe, N.M.
Rural Pennsylvania Geisinger Clinic Tracks Nutrition Problems Among the Elderly
January 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
Geisinger Clinic, a nonprofit physician group practice serving northeastern and central Pennsylvania, screened more than 5,000 of its elderly, mostly rural enrollees to identify those at high risk for nutritional deficiency.
Spreading the Word that Lifestyle Matters More Than Genes
July 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
The American Association for World Health, Washington, conducted a yearlong national media and community education campaign to promote healthy aging, which was the theme of the World Health Organization World Health Day 1999.
Farmers Market Brings Low-Cost Produce, Recipes and Nutrition Education to New York's Central Harlem
April 15, 2008 | Program Result Report
Harlem Children's Zone, a social service organization in New York City's Central Harlem, operated a monthly farmers market that provided low-income families with easy access to fresh produce at reduced or no cost.
Marketing Junk Food - Meeting Explores Ways to Reduce It
July 14, 2008 | Program Result Report
The Center for Science in the Public Interest hosted a conference of child and nutrition advocates to discuss the state of food marketing to children, and to strategize how to reduce children's exposure to the marketing of low-nutrition foods.
Healthy Eating Research
April 5, 2013 | Program Result Report
Healthy Eating Research aims to reduce childhood obesity by funding studies to examine policy and environmental approaches with potential to improve children's diets - especially children in the groups at the highest risk for obesity.
How to Make Our Schools Healthy
November 7, 2012 | Program Result Report
The Healthy Schools Program provides technical assistance to help schools engage administrators, teachers, parents and vendors in increasing access to physical activity and healthier foods for students and staff.