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.
From Healthy Eating Research
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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The Impact of Retail Cigarette Marketing Practices on Youth Smoking Uptake
May 1, 2007 | Journal Article
The tobacco industry is relying more heavily on retail stores as marketing outlets.
Poll Shows Strong Parent Support for Healthier Schools
October 28, 2009 | Story
The survey signals the breadth of parents' support for changes to make schools healthier places, and their willingness to help make changes happen.
Study Shows Overwhelming Parent Support for Healthier Schools
October 28, 2009 | News Release
Survey for the Alliance for a Healthier Generation finds most parents willing to help schools improve food offerings and increase physical activity.
Research Finds Lack of Funding and Competing Priorities Affect Schools' Ability to Offer Healthy Food and Fitness to Students
October 1, 2009 | Program Result Report
Staff at the California School Boards Association and California Project LEAN supported efforts by key stakeholders nationwide to develop, implement and evaluate school wellness policies.
Active for Life: Generations Working Together to Prevent Childhood Obesity
September 20, 2009 | Program Result Report
Generations projects aimed at increasing physical activity and healthy eating among children and improving public policy and physical environments to make them more amendable to healthy living.
Evaluation of Communities Creating Healthy Environments
September 18, 2009 | Evaluation
A participatory evaluation of Communities Creating Healthy Environments (C-CHE) is being conducted to evaluate grassroots activities that has been demonstrated to be optimally useful for grassroots advocacy in particular.
Evaluation of the New York City Day-Care Policy to Prevent Childhood Obesity
September 8, 2009 | Evaluation
The evaluation studies the regulations’ impact on children’s diets and levels of physical activity and the factors affecting implementation of the regulations in New York City's licensed day-care centers.
Percent of Students in Districts with a Wellness Policy on the First Day of School
August 25, 2009 | Story
By the beginning of the 2007–08 school year, more than 94 percent of students were in districts with wellness policies.
Overall
August 25, 2009 | Story
This chartpack uses data from Local Wellness Policies: Assessing School District Strategies for Improving Children’s Health. School Years 2006–07 and 2007–08 to provide the most comprehensive review of school district wellness policies to date. The ...
Percent of Students in Districts with Policies for Nutritional Guidelines for Competitive Foods and Beverages
August 25, 2009 | Story
The United States Department of Agriculture defines competitive foods and beverages as any foods and beverages that are sold at school, but outside of the USDA school meals programs.