141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

5108.0
School Food Programs and Policies

Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Oral
This session will cover topics such as: Education and policies addressing nutrition and physical activity in school and after school; Wellness policies; Community partnerships; Impact on academic achievement; Farm to school efforts; Evaluation/measurement strategies; Implementation of new guidelines for healthy meals in schools; etc.
Moderator:
Punam Ohri-Vachaspati, PhD, RD

10:30am
To what extent do state and district competitive food and beverage standards align with the usda's proposed rule?   
Jamie F. Chriqui, PhD, MHS, Linda Schneider, MS, Research Specialist and Frank J. Chaloupka, PhD
     
10:50am
Improving nutrition and physical activity policies in afterschool programs: Results from a group-randomized controlled trial   
Erica L. Kenney, ScD, Catherine M. Giles, MPH, Madeleine deBlois, MSEd, Sherene Chinfatt, MS, Steven Gortmaker, PhD and Angie L. Cradock, ScD
     
11:10am
Impacts of the fresh fruit and vegetable program on the school environment   
Michelle Blocklin, PhD, Susan Bartlett, Ph.D., Lauren Olsho, PhD, Kelly Lawrence Patlan, Jacob Klerman, MA, Patty Connor, Karen Webb, PhD, MPH, Lorrene Ritchie, PhD, RD, Patricia Wakimoto, DrPH, RD and Pat Crawford, DrPH, RD
11:30am
Changing how school districts use USDA foods: What are the policy opportunities?   
Maria Boyle, MS, RD, Soledad Drago-Ferguson, MPH, Markell Lewis, MPH, Ellen Braff-Guajardo, JD, MEd, Gail Woodward-Lopez, MPH, RD, Janice Kao, MPH, Pat Crawford, DrPH, RD and Sallie Yoshida, DrPH, RD
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Food and Nutrition
Endorsed by: Maternal and Child Health, School Health Education and Services

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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