Dietary factors associated with childhood obesity include consuming sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and maintaining a high energy and fat, low fiber diet. SSB consumption has increased across youth of all ages…
American children eat fewer fruits and vegetables than the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recommended guidelines suggest they should (National Cancer Institute, 2014; Eaton et al., 2012; Kimmons, Gillespie,…
Diets of middle school children continue to fall short of the U. S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans, particularly for fruit and vegetable intake (Krebs-Smith, Guenther, Subar, Kirkpatrick, & Dodd, 2010;…
The hallmark of a research journal is that manuscripts are peer reviewed. This peer review process helps to ensure that manuscripts are relevant, timely, and of high quality and that…
The National School Lunch Program, which serves approximately 62% of students annually, strives to improve the nutritional intake of students (U.S. Department of Agriculture [USDA], 2012). The school environment is…
The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) has a major influence on the diet quality of American school children. Most American children attend school 180 days per year for six or…
The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA) updated the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) initiating a discussion of food choice and waste in school cafeterias (U.S. Congress, 2010; Pratt-Heavner,…
Approximately 34.7% of all 6 to 19 year old school aged children in the United States are overweight or obese by conventional standards (Ogden, Carrol, Curtin, Lamb, & Flegal, 2010),…
Mary Frances Nettles, PhD, RD Director of Applied Research Division Institute of Child Nutrition (formerly, National Food Service Management Institute) Mary.Nettles@usm.edu This research has been produced by the Institute of…
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010 recommend that children and adolescents consume more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean protein, and low-fat dairy products (U.S. Department of Agriculture [USDA] & U.S.…