Assessment of a Districtwide Policy on Availability of Competitive Beverages in Boston Public Schools, Massachusetts, 2013

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Mozaffarian, Rebecca S. ; Gortmaker, Steven L. ; Kenney, Erica L. ; Carter, Jill E. ; Howe, M. Caitlin Westfall ; Reiner, Jennifer F. ; Cradock, Angie L.
• Description:
  Introduction ; Competitive beverages are drinks sold outside of the federally reimbursable school meals program and include beverages sold in vending machines, a la carte lines, school stores, and snack bars. Competitive beverages include sugar-sweetened beverages, which are associated with overweight and obesity. We described competitive beverage availability 9 years after the introduction in 2004 of district-wide nutrition standards for competitive beverages sold in Boston Public Schools. ; Methods ; In 2013, we documented types of competitive beverages sold in 115 schools. We collected nutrient data to determine compliance with the standards. We evaluated the extent to which schools met the competitive-beverage standards and calculated the percentage of students who had access to beverages that met or did not meet the standards. ; Results ; Of 115 schools, 89.6% met the competitive beverage nutrition standards; 88.5% of elementary schools and 61.5% of middle schools did not sell competitive beverages. Nutrition standards were met in 79.2% of high schools; 37.5% did not sell any competitive beverages, and 41.7% sold only beverages meeting the standards. Overall, 85.5% of students attended schools meeting the standards. Only 4.0% of students had access to sugar-sweetened beverages. ; Conclusion ; A comprehensive, district-wide competitive beverage policy with implementation support can translate into a sustained healthful environment in public schools.
• Subjects:
  • Special Topic
  • Adolescent
  • Beverages
  • Carbonated Beverages
  • Child
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Female
  • Food Dispensers, Automatic
  • Food Services
  • Humans
  More +
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 13.
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd13.150483
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  26940299
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4778379
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U48 DP001946/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; 1U48DP001946/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Boston, MA
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  13
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/38307/cdc_38307_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 305.92 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
• Main Document Checksum:
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