Innovation to create a healthy and sustainable food system: a science advisory from the American Heart Association

CAM Anderson, AN Thorndike, AH Lichtenstein… - Circulation, 2019 - ahajournals.org
Current dietary intakes of North Americans are inconsistent with the Dietary Guidelines for
Americans. This occurs in the context of a food system that precludes healthy foods as the …

Essential components of physical education: Policy and environment

SL Burson, SC Mulhearn, DM Castelli… - … Quarterly for Exercise …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: Physical education policies provide guidance and accountability to develop quality
programs that increase physical literacy. The purpose of this study was to conduct a …

A call for theory to guide equity-focused federal child nutrition program policy responses and recovery efforts in times of public health crisis

JFW Cohen, KC Stowers… - Journal of the …, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and its related mitigation efforts
have had a dramatic influence on food and nutrition security in the United States. During this …

Post–Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act adherence to select school nutrition standards by region and poverty level: The Healthy Communities Study

LE Au, LD Ritchie, K Gurzo, LA Nhan… - Journal of nutrition …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective This study determined the extent to which schools adhered to select nutrition and
wellness provisions of the 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act and examined differences by …

Association between nutrition policies and student body mass index

MB Schwartz, J Leider, JFW Cohen, L Turner… - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
In response to concerns about childhood obesity, many US states have implemented
policies to limit the sale of unhealthy foods and beverages (eg, snacks, desserts, and sugary …

Competitive foods' nutritional quality and compliance with smart snacks standards: an analysis of a national sample of US middle and high schools

JFW Cohen, A Kesack, TP Daly, SA Elnakib, E Hager… - Nutrients, 2024 - mdpi.com
Snacks and beverages are often sold in addition to meals in US schools (“competitive
foods”), but their current nutritional quality and compliance with national Smart Snacks …

[HTML][HTML] Meal quality of entrées that can be sold as competitive foods in schools and potential impact of the proposed USDA rollbacks

JFW Cohen, MB Schwartz, J Leider, L Turner… - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act strengthened competitive food standards (ie, Smart
Snacks), but an exemption allows reimbursable meal entrées that do not meet Smart Snack …