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Parents’ and Teachers’ Opinions about the School Food Policy in Belgian Flemish Nursery Schools

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  • Carine Vereecken

    (Department of Public Health, Ghent University, University Hospital BlokA, 2nd floor, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Gent, Belgium
    Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), Belgium)

  • Hilde Van Houte

    (Department of early childhood education, University College ‘Arteveldehogeschool’, Gent 9040, Belgium
    Ghent University, Belgium)

  • Veerle Martens

    (Department of early childhood education, University College ‘Arteveldehogeschool’, Gent 9040, Belgium
    Ghent University, Belgium)

  • Isabelle Wittebroodt

    (Department of early childhood education, University College ‘Arteveldehogeschool’, Gent 9040, Belgium)

  • Lea Maes

    (Department of Public Health, Ghent University, University Hospital BlokA, 2nd floor, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Gent, Belgium)

Abstract

The partnership of parents, teachers, and schools is necessary to develop effective school food interventions. To gather parents’ and teachers’ opinions and perceptions about the school food policy, 884 parents and 70 teachers of preschoolers completed a questionnaire. School food policy is an issue of importance for parents and teachers: the majority agrees that schools should restrict the availability of snacks and soft drinks; however, to replace fruit juice and sugared milk drinks with sugarless alternatives will take special effort. Fruit is not always available at school, although parents would appreciate it. Parents of lower educational level are in general more permissive.

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  • Carine Vereecken & Hilde Van Houte & Veerle Martens & Isabelle Wittebroodt & Lea Maes, 2009. "Parents’ and Teachers’ Opinions about the School Food Policy in Belgian Flemish Nursery Schools," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 6(3), pages 1-14, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:6:y:2009:i:3:p:1268-1281:d:4330
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