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Publikováno v:
Food Security
Food environments can play an important roles in shaping nutrition and health outcomes. One such environment that has potential to affect youth is the school food environment. In contrast to higher-income countries, however, there is a critical evide
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Daniel Mumuni, Francis Peel, Aulo Gelli, Salha Hadjivayanis Hamdani, Rita Bhatia, Elisabetta Aurino, Lesley Drake, Rae Galloway, Josephine Kiamba, Meenakshi Maria Fernandes, Kate Quarshie
Background: Interventions that enhance linkages between healthy diets and local agriculture can promote sustainable food systems. Home-grown school feeding programs present a promising entry point for such interventions, through the delivery of nutri
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::4889ad5e3c01555472f41409a95943ff
http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/41432
http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/41432
Publikováno v:
Pediatric Obesity. 7:423-435
SummaryWhat is already known about this subject What is already known about this subjectThe prevalence of child obesity in the U.S. is higher among Hispanic and black than white children. Racial/ethnic disparities have widened with the development of
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Meenakshi Maria Fernandes
Publikováno v:
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 112:1241-1246
As the largest federal food assistance program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has potential to improve food choices among low-income populations. The program's impact on youth is important because they are represented in more t
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Chloe E. Bird, Adria D. Jewell, Meenakshi Maria Fernandes, Mary Ellen Slaughter, José J. Escarce, Tamara Dubowitz, Wenjun Li, Eric A. Whitsel, Christine Eibner, Regina A. Shih, Yvonne L. Michael, Karen L. Margolis, Madhumita Ghosh-Dastidar, JoAnn E. Manson
Publikováno v:
Obesity. 20:862-871
Using data (n=60,775 women) from the Women’s Health Initiative Clinical Trial (WHI CT)— a national study of postmenopausal women aged 50 to 79 years — we analyzed cross-sectional associations between the availability of different types of food
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Meenakshi Maria Fernandes
Publikováno v:
Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 108:1445-1452
Objective To quantify the association among soft drink availability, school-based purchases, and overall consumption for elementary school children in the United States. Design The study is a cross-sectional, descriptive analysis of children in fifth
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Michael S. Rendall, Christopher Lau, Meenakshi Maria Fernandes, Peter Brownell, Zafar Nazarov, Margaret M. Weden
Objectives. We evaluated bias in estimated obesity prevalence owing to error in parental reporting. We also evaluated bias mitigation through application of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s biologically implausible value (BIV) cutoffs.
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https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4056224/
https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4056224/
Autor:
Margaret M. Weden, Christopher Lau, Meenakshi Maria Fernandes, Zafar Nazarov, Michael S. Rendall, Peter Brownell
Publikováno v:
American journal of epidemiology. 178(3)
Parental reporting of height and weight was evaluated for US children aged 2-13 years. The prevalence of obesity (defined as a body mass index value (calculated as weight (kg)/height (m)(2)) in the 95th percentile or higher) and its height and weight
Autor:
Meenakshi Maria Fernandes
One of the most widely implemented policies targeting childhood obesity in the United States has been restrictions on competitive foods in schools. Competitive foods encompass foods and beverages sold outside the National School Lunch and Breakfast P
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https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3875402/
https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3875402/
Background:Physical activity at school can support obesity prevention among youth. This paper assesses the role of existing school physical activity programs for a national cohort from first grade to fifth grade.Methods:We analyzed a cohort from the
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https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3074953/
https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3074953/