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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Communities Creating Healthy Environments: Improving Access to Healthy Foods and Safe Places to Play in Communities of Color
National Program
To build state and national momentum to reverse the epidemic of childhood obesity through strategic investment in those communities most affected.
Somerville Farmers' Market Makes Healthy Eating Affordable for All
January 27, 2009 | Program Result Report
The partnership recognized that in order to accomplish its goals, all of its strategies needed to be culturally, linguistically and economically appropriate for community residents.
Mothers Learn to "Cook" Without a Kitchen, Shop Smart and Feed Kids Right
November 1, 1996 | Program Result Report
This unsolicited project was designed to bridge the significant gap in services that combat homelessness and those that fight against malnutrition in women and children.
New Connections Grantee Wins Salud America! Award to Study Latino Health
September 21, 2009 | Story
Cortes to study strategies to improve healthy eating.
Obesity Prevention in Children: Synergy with the Diabetes Initiative
March 18, 2010 | Program Result Report
The Diabetes Initiative extended its work to preventing or reducing childhood obesity, within four of its 14 diabetes-focused projects. The pilot projects targeted children ages 3 to 12 at greatest risk for obesity, particularly children in low-income communities.
Fitchburg, Mass.
January 11, 2010 | Story
Community is among 50 sites making critical changes through national initiative to prevent obesity.
Somerville, Mass.
December 2, 2008 | Story
Somerville, Mass. community is among 50 sites making changes in national initiative to prevent obesity.