Food Services

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A pricing strategy to promote sales of lower fat foods in high school cafeterias: acceptability and sensitivity analysis. 
  • A randomized school trial of environmental strategies to encourage fruit and vegetable consumption among children. 
  • Addressing barriers to improve children's fruit and vegetable intake. 
  • Availability of a la carte food items in junior and senior high schools: a needs assessment. 
  • Availability of foods in high schools: is there cause for concern? 
  • Changes in the nutrient content of school lunches: results from the Pathways study. 
  • Changing fruit and vegetable consumption among children: the 5-a-Day Power Plus program in St. Paul, Minnesota. 
  • Comparison of menus to actual foods and beverages served in North Carolina child-care centers. 
  • Competitive foods in schools: availability and purchasing in predominately rural small and large high schools. 
  • Development and reliability of an observation method to assess food intake of young children in child care. 
  • Dietary intakes of Native American children: findings from the pathways feasibility study. 
  • Eating behaviors, mental health, and food intake are associated with obesity in older congregate meal participants. 
  • Effectiveness of school food environment policies on children's dietary behaviors: A systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • Effects of physical activity calorie expenditure (PACE) labeling: study design and baseline sample characteristics. 
  • Experimental research on the relation between food price changes and food-purchasing patterns: a targeted review. 
  • Food environment in secondary schools: a la carte, vending machines, and food policies and practices. 
  • Foods on students' trays when they leave the cafeteria line as a proxy for foods eaten at lunch in a school-based study. 
  • Foodservice staff perceptions of their influence on student food choices. 
  • Fruits and vegetables taken can serve as a proxy measure for amounts eaten in a school lunch. 
  • Government and school progress to promote a healthful diet to American children and adolescents: a comprehensive review of the available evidence. 
  • Impact of San Francisco's toy ordinance on restaurants and children's food purchases, 2011-2012. 
  • Individual and environmental influences on adolescent eating behaviors. 
  • Influence of school competitive food and beverage policies on obesity, consumption, and availability: a systematic review. 
  • Iron deficiency anemia: have we come far enough? 
  • Making the most of merchandising, promotions & special events. 
  • Menus in child care: a comparison of state regulations with national standards. 
  • Nutrient content of school meals in elementary schools on American Indian reservations. 
  • Nutrition in advanced Alzheimer's disease. 
  • Nutrition practices of nurseries in England. Comparison with national guidelines. 
  • Nutritional quality of foods and beverages on child-care centre menus in Mexico. 
  • Nutritional quality of meals compared to snacks in child care. 
  • Patchy progress on obesity prevention: emerging examples, entrenched barriers, and new thinking. 
  • Position of the American Dietetic Association: benchmarks for nutrition in child care. 
  • Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms mediate the relationship between traumatic experiences and drinking behavior among women attending alcohol-serving venues in a South African township. 
  • Predicting support for restricting food marketing to youth. 
  • Pricing strategy to promote fruit and vegetable purchase in high school cafeterias. 
  • Profile of public health nutrition personnel: challenges for population/system-focused roles and state-level monitoring. 
  • Reducing fat and sodium in school lunch programs: the LUNCHPOWER! Intervention Study. 
  • Response from the editor. 
  • Review of the nutritional implications of farmers' markets and community gardens: a call for evaluation and research efforts. 
  • School climate and implementation of the Pathways study. 
  • School food policies and practices: a state-wide survey of secondary school principals. 
  • Soft drinks, candy, and fast food: what parents and teachers think about the middle school food environment. 
  • State school nutrition and physical activity policy environments and youth obesity. 
  • The School Food Environment and Obesity Prevention: Progress Over the Last Decade. 
  • The association of the school food environment with dietary behaviors of young adolescents. 
  • The effect of the WIC program on the health of newborns. 
  • The food industry and self-regulation: standards to promote success and to avoid public health failures. 
  • The impact of the Women, Infants and Children Food Supplement Program on birth outcome. 
  • The role of child care settings in obesity prevention. 
  • The role of schools in obesity prevention. 
  • The third School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study: findings and policy implications for improving the health of US children. 
  • Watch me grow: a garden-based pilot intervention to increase vegetable and fruit intake in preschoolers. 
  • What role can child-care settings play in obesity prevention? A review of the evidence and call for research efforts.