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.
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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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High-Fat Dairy Linked to Higher Mortality for Breast Cancer Survivors
May 17, 2013 | Story
RWJF scholar conducts first study to examine effects of high- and low-fat dairy intake on breast cancer survival.
Television, Walking, and Diet
April 1, 2007 | Journal Article
Associations with Postpartum Weight Retention
Guam Sustantia Project
August 4, 2010 | Program Result
The Guam SDA (Seventh-day Adventist) Ypao Church of the Guam Micronesia Missions developed and implemented the Sustantia Project, a campaign to end childhood obesity in Guam.
Focus Group is First Phase in Coalition's Promotion of Breastfeeding in Black Communities
January 1, 2004 | Program Result
The Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition conducted eight focus groups to assess community health workers' knowledge of breastfeeding and lactation management and to learn how they perceived the value of using technology in their work.
Got MILK?
September 1, 2001 | Program Result
From 1999 to 2000, researchers at the Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, N.Y. designed a study to determine whether encouraging women to breast-feed their infants would reduce health-care costs as well as improve children's health.
Preventing Birth Defects with Folate and Folic Acid
November 1, 2001 | Program Result
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health convened a blue ribbon panel to develop a strategic plan to encourage women of childbearing age to increase their intake of folate and folic acid.
Why Women Smoke
March 1, 2000 | Program Result
Researchers at the University of Arizona, Tucson, contacted and re-interviewed young women who had participated in a 1990-92 longitudinal study on body image, dieting, and smoking.
Healthier Harlem Workbook for Women Takes Aim at Obesity
February 1, 2007 | Program Result
Erica G. Phillips-Caesar and a team of researchers conducted focus groups to find out what got in the way of eating healthy foods and increasing physical activity.