Healthier Choices and Increased Participation in a Middle School Lunch Program

Effects of Nutrition Policy Changes in San Francisco

Bibliographic Data

ID11029136
AuthorsJanet M Wojcicki (0000-0002-3393-1368, Janet M. Wojcicki and Melvin B. Heyman are with the Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco.), Melvin B Heyman (0000-0001-7988-0220, Janet M. Wojcicki and Melvin B. Heyman are with the Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco.)
Year2006
Volume96
Issue9
Pages1542-1547
Publication date2006-09-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2005.070946
PMID16873747
PMCIDPMC1551958
OpenAlexW2119100602
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited3

In order to address overall nutritional health, including increases in numbers of overweight children and adolescents, the San Francisco Unified School District implemented a progressive nutrition policy beginning in August 2003. We review this policy and focus on its impact on school and district revenues and students’ participation in the federally subsidized school lunch program. We examined changes in menu items and the consequent effects of these changes on student eating patterns and school revenues at Aptos Middle School in San Francisco. This case study and additional district data show that provision of healthy menu options led to increased student participation in the federal school lunch program

Business · Environmental health · Obesity · Overweight · Pedagogy · Political science · Revenue · School district · Subsidy · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Finance · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Gerontology

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