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
From Healthy Eating Research
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.
From Healthy Eating Research
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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My Sugar Obsession
June 20, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
Good Calories, Bad Calories challenged conventional wisdom by asserting that carbohydrates—not dietary fat—are driving surging rates of obesity. It also identified a strong link between diet and chronic diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease and ...
Balance
May 1, 2009 | Report
The Fall 2008 Balance Report summarizes state-level action taken by decision-makers and advocates from June to October 2008 to address the national childhood obesity epidemic.
Snacking in Children
November 1, 2009 | Journal Article
The easy availability of low-nutrition snacks may contribute to childhood obesity in minority and low-income communities.
Promoters and Barriers to Fruit, Vegetable, and Fast-Food Consumption Among Urban, Low-Income African Americans
April 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This study asked low-income, African-Americans in Philadelphia why they ate or did not eat fruits, vegetables and fast food, and found their reasons varied depending on gender and age.
Interactive Food and Beverage Marketing
September 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This report, part of a supplement presenting a series of obesity-related studies, describes how food and beverage companies implement digital marketing strategies.
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
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.
Today's Food System
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
The existing food system offers too much cheap food to consumers who opt for foods high in calories, fats, sweeteners and carbohydrates over more expensive fresh produce. Current production policies and market distortions need to be corrected. Future policies should integrate health and sustainability concerns.
Child Nutrition Tools and Resources
October 29, 2010 | Story
From RWJF Grantees at the intersection of education, food and policy.
Measuring the Food Environment
April 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines challenges of measurement in the field of food environment research. This relatively young field has not yet fully addressed psychometric measurement issues, the interaction of social, individual, and environmental factors, and the large scale of data produced from food environment studies.
Reducing Potential Bias in Industry-Funded Nutrition Research
September 1, 2009 | Journal Article