Limited Evidence That Competitive Food and Beverage Practices Affect Adolescent Consumption Behaviors
Autor: | Tracy Vericker |
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Rok vydání: | 2012 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent Population Drinking Behavior Carbonated Beverages Affect (psychology) Childhood obesity Food Supply Nutrition Policy Beverages Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Environmental health Vegetables medicine Humans Longitudinal Studies Obesity Early childhood Child education School Health Services Consumption (economics) education.field_of_study Poverty Public health digestive oral and skin physiology Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Feeding Behavior medicine.disease United States language.human_language Food Fruit Food policy language Business |
Zdroj: | Health Education & Behavior. 40:19-23 |
ISSN: | 1552-6127 1090-1981 |
Popis: | Childhood obesity is emerging as a considerable public health problem with no clear antidote. The school food environment is a potential intervention point for policy makers, with competitive food and beverage regulation as a possible policy lever. This research examines the link between competitive food and beverage availability in school and adolescent consumption patterns using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999. Results from value-added multivariate regression models reveal limited evidence that competitive food policy affects fruit and vegetable consumption. Findings suggest a stronger link between competitive beverage policy and consumption of sweetened beverages for population subgroups. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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