How the Catch Eat Smart Program Helps Implement the USDA Regulations in School Cafeterias

Autor: Ann L. Clesi, Deanna M. Hoelscher, John P. Elder, Patricia Snyder, Paul Mitchell, Johanna T. Dwyer
Rok vydání: 2003
Předmět:
Male
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Cardiovascular health
education
Cafeteria
Health Promotion
Demographic data
Child and adolescent
03 medical and health sciences
0504 sociology
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Intervention (counseling)
medicine
Humans
Food service
Program Development
Child
School Health Services
Medical education
030505 public health
biology
business.industry
05 social sciences
Food Services
Health Plan Implementation
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health

050401 social sciences methods
Sodium
Dietary

biology.organism_classification
School meal
Dietary Fats
United States
United States Government Agencies
Guideline implementation
Cardiovascular Diseases
Female
Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Energy Intake
0305 other medical science
business
Program Evaluation
Zdroj: Health Education & Behavior. 30:434-446
ISSN: 1552-6127
1090-1981
DOI: 10.1177/1090198103253517
Popis: This article describes the implementation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National School Lunch Program (NSLP) standards in school lunch menus in 56 intervention and 20 control schools from the Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH) 5 years after the main trial, compared with 12 schools previously unexposed to CATCH. School food service personnel completed questionnaires to assess CATCH guideline implementation, demographic data, behavioral constructs, training, program material use, and par ticipation in competing programs. Five days of menus and recipes were collected from school cafeteria staff, averaged, and compared to USDA School Meal Initiative (SMI) standards. Significant differences between intervention and unexposed schools were found for training and knowledge of CATCH and in mean percentage energy from fat and carbohydrates. Intervention schools most closely met USDA SMI recommendations for fat. Thus, the CATCH Eat Smart Program assisted school cafeterias in meeting USDA guidelines 5 years postimplementation.
Databáze: OpenAIRE