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An environmental intervention to promote lower-fat food choices in secondary schools: Outcomes of the TACOS study

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  • French, S.A.
  • Story, M.
  • Fulkerson, J.A.
  • Hannan, P.

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Objectives. We evaluated an environmental intervention intended to increase sales of lower-fat foods in secondary school cafeterias. Methods. Twenty secondary schools were randomly assigned to either an environmental intervention or a control group for a 2-year period. The intervention increased the availability of lower-fat foods and implemented student-based promotions. Results. A steeper rate of increase in sales of lower-fat foods in year 1 (10% intervention vs -2.8% control, P=.002) and a higher percentage of sales of lower-fat foods in year 2 (33.6% intervention vs 22.1% control, P=.04) were observed. There were no significant changes in student self-reported food choices. Conclusions. School-based environmental interventions to increase availability and promotion of lower-fat foods can increase purchase of these foods among adolescents.

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  • French, S.A. & Story, M. & Fulkerson, J.A. & Hannan, P., 2004. "An environmental intervention to promote lower-fat food choices in secondary schools: Outcomes of the TACOS study," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 94(9), pages 1507-1512.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:2004:94:9:1507-1512_8
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    1. Anthony Winson, 2008. "School food environments and the obesity issue: content, structural determinants, and agency in Canadian high schools," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 25(4), pages 499-511, December.
    2. Mark L. Niebylski & Tammy Lu & Norm R. C. Campbell & Joanne Arcand & Alyssa Schermel & Diane Hua & Karen E. Yeates & Sheldon W. Tobe & Patrick A. Twohig & Mary R. L'Abbé & Peter P. Liu, 2014. "Healthy Food Procurement Policies and Their Impact," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-20, March.
    3. Choi, Seul Ki & Frongillo, Edward A. & Blake, Christine E. & Thrasher, James F., 2019. "Why are restricted food items still sold after the implementation of the school store policy? the case of South Korea," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 83(C), pages 161-169.

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