Changes in the Nutrient Content of School Lunches: Results from the CATCH Eat Smart Food Service Intervention

Osganian, Stavroula K.; Ebzery, Mary Kay; Montgomery, Deanna; Nicklas, Theresa A.; Evans, Marguerite; Mitchell, Paul D.; Lytle, Leslie A.; Snyder, Mariah; Stone, Elaine J.; Zive, Michelle; Bachman, Kathryn J.; Rice, Rochelle; Parcel, Guy S.

doi:10.1006/pmed.1996.0072

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“…Interventions such as those recommended here should not only reduce the energy and fat intakes of Australian children, but also improve their micronutrient intakes. The CATCH school-based intervention study found that over a 2 and 1/2 year period decreases in fat intake were associated with increases in the nutrient density of most vitamins and minerals, the exceptions being sodium and vitamin E Osganian et al, 1996).…”

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What are the key food groups to target for preventing obesity and improving nutrition in schools?

2004

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Objective: To determine differences in the contribution of foods and beverages to energy consumed in and out of school, and to compare consumption patterns between school canteen users and noncanteen users. Design: Cross-sectional National Nutrition Survey, 1995. Setting: Australia. Subjects on school days: A total of 1656 children aged 5-15 y who had weekday 24-h dietary recall data.Results: An average of 37% of total energy intake was consumed at school. Energy-dense foods and beverages such as fat spreads, packaged snacks, biscuits and fruit/cordial drinks made a greater contribution to energy intake at school compared to out of school (Pr0.01). Fast foods and soft drinks contributed 11 and 3% of total energy intake; however, these food groups were mostly consumed out of school. Fruit intake was low and consumption was greater in school. In all, 14% of children purchased food from the canteen and they obtained more energy from fast food, packaged snacks, desserts, milk and confectionary (Pr0.05) than noncanteen users. Conclusions: Energy-dense foods and beverages are over-represented in the Australian school environment. To help prevent obesity and improve nutrition in schools, biscuits, snack bars and fruit/cordial drinks brought from home and fast food, packaged snacks, and confectionary sold at canteens should be replaced with fruit and water.

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“…The present review summarises sixteen papers describing fourteen interventions published between years 1990 and 2010, conducted mainly in the USA (30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40)(41) , one in South America (42) and three in Europe (43)(44)(45) . Children's age spanned from 5 to 12 years, and with the exception of one study that recruited girl scouts only (35) , all studies targeted both girls and boys.…”

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Improving children's dairy food and calcium intake: can intervention work? A systematic review of the literature

Hendrie

Brindal

Baird

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Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: Strategies are needed to address the shortfall in children's dairy food and Ca intakes. The present review identified interventions targeting an increase in children's dairy food or Ca intakes, and determined characteristics associated with successful intervention. Design: A systematic literature search identified fourteen intervention studies, published in English, between 1990 and 2010. Studies were evaluated for study population, setting and mode of delivery, dietary targets and outcome measures, measures of intervention intensity, intervention description, the use of behaviour change techniques and intervention effectiveness. Setting: Interventions targeting an increase in dairy food or Ca intake. Subjects: Children aged 5-12 years. Results: Ten of the fourteen studies were considered to be effective. Studies focusing on encouraging intake of dairy foods or Ca alone were all effective, compared with 55 % of studies promoting dairy within the context of a healthy diet. Effective interventions tended to be higher in intensity, provide dairy foods and were delivered across a variety of settings to a range of primary targets. The number of behaviour change techniques used did not differentiate effective and ineffective interventions, but the use of taste exposure and prompting practice appeared to be important for effective intervention. Conclusions: Interventions that target an increase in children's dairy food or Ca intake could potentially increase children's dairy food intake by about one serving daily. Research conducted outside the USA is needed. The review has identified some promising strategies likely to be part of effective interventions for improving dairy and Ca intakes in countries where children's intake is insufficient.

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“…The fat content of school lunch but not school breakfast was modified, and blood cholesterol levels and children's weight status were unchanged. 36,151,152 Other school studies have shown improvements in fruit (but not vegetable) intake. [153][154][155] High-quality foods sold in vending machines will be selected if they are competitively priced.…”

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Dietary Recommendations for Children and Adolescents: A Guide for Practitioners

Gidding¹,

Dennison²,

Birch³

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Pediatrics

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Since the American Heart Association last presented nutrition guidelines for children, significant changes have occurred in the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and nutrition behaviors in children. Overweight has increased, whereas saturated fat and cholesterol intake have decreased, at least as percentage of total caloric intake. Better understanding of children's cardiovascular risk status and current diet is available from national survey data. New research on the efficacy of diet intervention in children has been published. Also, increasing attention has been paid to the importance of nutrition early in life, including the fetal milieu. This scientific statement summarizes current available information on cardiovascular nutrition in children and makes recommendations for both primordial and primary prevention of cardiovascular disease beginning at a young age.

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Changes in the Nutrient Content of School Lunches: Results from the CATCH Eat Smart Food Service Intervention

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What are the key food groups to target for preventing obesity and improving nutrition in schools?

What are the key food groups to target for preventing obesity and improving nutrition in schools?

Improving children's dairy food and calcium intake: can intervention work? A systematic review of the literature

Dietary Recommendations for Children and Adolescents: A Guide for Practitioners

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