Impact of Connecticut Legislation Incentivizing Elimination of Unhealthy Competitive Foods on National School Lunch Program Participation

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ID11034780
AuthorsMichael W Long (0000-0002-3953-3424, Michael W. Long is with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Joerg Luedicke, Marice Dorsey, and Kathryn E. Henderson are with the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Susan S. Fiore is with the Bureau of Health, Nutrition, Family Services and Adult Education, Connecticut State Department of Education, Middletown, CT.), Joerg Luedicke (Michael W. Long is with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Joerg Luedicke, Marice Dorsey, and Kathryn E. Henderson are with the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Susan S. Fiore is with the Bureau of Health, Nutrition, Family Services and Adult Education, Connecticut State Department of Education, Middletown, CT.), Marice Dorsey (Michael W. Long is with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Joerg Luedicke, Marice Dorsey, and Kathryn E. Henderson are with the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Susan S. Fiore is with the Bureau of Health, Nutrition, Family Services and Adult Education, Connecticut State Department of Education, Middletown, CT.), Susan S Fiore (Michael W. Long is with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Joerg Luedicke, Marice Dorsey, and Kathryn E. Henderson are with the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Susan S. Fiore is with the Bureau of Health, Nutrition, Family Services and Adult Education, Connecticut State Department of Education, Middletown, CT.), Kathryn E Henderson (Michael W. Long is with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Joerg Luedicke, Marice Dorsey, and Kathryn E. Henderson are with the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Susan S. Fiore is with the Bureau of Health, Nutrition, Family Services and Adult Education, Connecticut State Department of Education, Middletown, CT.)
Year2013
Volume103
Issue7
Pagese59-e66
Publication date2013-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
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.2013.301331
PMID23678930
PMCIDPMC3682622
OpenAlexW2155373479
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited23

Objectives. We analyzed the impact of Connecticut legislation incentivizing voluntary school district–level elimination of unhealthy competitive foods on National School Lunch Program (NSLP) participation. Methods. We analyzed data on free, reduced, and paid participation in the NSLP from 904 schools within 154 Connecticut school districts from the 2004–2005 to the 2009–2010 school year, resulting in 5064 observations of annual school-level meal participation. We used multilevel regression modeling techniques to estimate the impact of the state competitive food legislation on the count of NSLP lunches served per student in each school. Results. Overall, the state statute was associated with an increase in school lunch participation. We observed increases between 7% and 23% for middle- and high-school meal programs, and a slight decrease of 2.5% for the elementary school free meal eligibility category, leading to an estimated revenue increase of roughly $30 000 for an average school district per school year. Conclusions. This study provides support for national implementation of proposed rigorous competitive food standards that can improve the health of students while supporting local school district finances

Business · Environmental health · Legislation · Meal · Multilevel model · Political science · Revenue · School district · School meal · Statute · Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets · Finance · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology

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