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.
From Healthy Eating Research
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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Super Bowl Sunday: Score Healthier, Safer Snacks
February 1, 2012 | New Public Health Post
A recent post from FoodSafety.gov claims that Super Bowl Sunday is the second biggest food consumption day for Americans, after Thanksgiving. It’s easy to see why during the current onslaught of Super Sunday food ads, focused on sauce-drenched wings ...
Living in a Sugar Nation: Can We Win the Battle Against a Silent Killer?
October 25, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
The rampant rate of type 2 diabetes is taking a toll on our health care system. O’Connell notes that the “U.S. diabetes tab for only direct medical expenditures comes to nearly $120 billion a year. Throw in lost productivity—$58 billion worth of mis ...
My Sugar Obsession
June 20, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
Good Calories, Bad Calories challenged conventional wisdom by asserting that carbohydrates—not dietary fat—are driving surging rates of obesity. It also identified a strong link between diet and chronic diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease and ...
Human Capital News Roundup: Oregon’s Medicaid system, ‘healthy’ fast food restaurants, primary care workforce innovation, and more.
May 16, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of RWJF leaders, scholars, fellows, alumni and grantees.
Researching the Triggers for Obesity and Diabetes
February 15, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Gary A. Taubes, MSE, MS, is recipient of an RWJF Investigator Award in Health Policy Research, and co-founder of the Nutrition Science Initiative.
Creating a System that Encourages Healthy Behaviors
December 27, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
This post is part of the "Health Care in 2013" series.
Human Capital News Roundup: Paying patients for tissue donation, intermittent explosive disorder, effect of diet on menopause, and more.
July 19, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) leaders, scholars, fellows and grantees. Some recent examples: Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH, recipient of an R ...
Helping Low-Income Shoppers Access Fresh, Healthy Foods at Farmers' Markets
March 16, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
HCB: Your study looked at an intervention that increased SNAP redemptions by 38 percent over a nine month period. Tell us what you found. Buttenheim: Before our intervention, SNAP participants who shopped at the year-round Clark Park farmers’ market ...
Human Capital News Roundup: Prevention, kidney stones, healthy snacks for children, and more.
May 31, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) leaders, scholars, fellows and grantees. Some recent examples: “Preventing diseases before they start is one ...