Tan Leng Goh, James Hannon, Collin Webster, Leslie Podlog, Maria Newton
Effects of a TAKE 10! Classroom-Based Physical Activity Intervention on Third- to Fifth-Grade Children's On-task Behavior
Journal of physical activity & health
investigated impact mandatory school nutrition policy diet quality canadian school children using quasiexperimental study design using 24h dietary recall data 2004 canadian community health survey cchs cycle 22 2015 cchs nutrition constructed diet quality index dqi used multivariable differenceindifferences regressions quantify dqi scores associated school nutrition policy conducted stratified analyses sex school grade household income food security status gain additional insights impact nutrition policy found mandatory school nutrition policy associated increased dqi score 344 points 95 ci 11 58 schoolhours intervention provinces relative control provinces dqi score higher among males 38 points 95 ci 06 71 among females 29 points 95 ci 05 63 score among students elementary schools higher 51 points 95 ci 23 80 among high school students 04 points 95 ci 36 45 also found dqi scores higher middlehigh income food secure households provincial mandatory school nutrition policy associated better diet quality among children youth canada findings suggest jurisdictions may consider implementing mandatory school nutrition policy