Study verifies fruit and vegetable consumption better for low income kids when they eat at school
The fruits and vegetables provided at school deliver an important dietary boost to low income adolescents, according to Meghan Longacre, PhD and Madeline Dalton, PhD of Dartmouth Hitchcock’s Norris…
December 18, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: dartmouth, dartmouth-hitchcock, diet, important-dietary, low-income, madeline, madeline-dalton, meghan, nutrition / diet, provided-at-school, school-deliver, vegetables-provided
Low income kids eat more fruits, vegetables when they are in school
The fruits and vegetables provided at school deliver an important dietary boost to low income adolescents, according to a study. “Innovation in school food offerings for kids has emphasized increased consumption of fruits and vegetables and it’s working for low income kids, but the evidence shows that a different strategy may be needed to have the same positive effect on high income kids,” authors noted.
December 11, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: effect-on-high, evidence, evidence-shows, high-income, low-income, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, provided-at-school, same-positive, school-deliver, school-food
