Got junk? The federal role in regulating "competitive" foods.
A wide variety of food and beverage items are available in schools in addition to the school meals provided through the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program. A long-standing source of controversy, the need for stronger federal restrictions on foods that compete with school meals is again under debate. This issue brief examines the availability and consumption of competitive foods, explores the regulation of these foods at the federal level, considers trends in state and local restrictions, and summarizes perceived barriers to improving the nutritional quality of competitive food options.
Salinsky
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D000293:Adolescent; D017195:Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D001628:Beverages; D002648:Child; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D004032:Diet; D004465:Economic Competition; D035082:Federal Government; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005502:Food / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005509:Food Dispensers, Automatic; D005518:Food Preferences; D005522:Food Services; D033161:Government Regulation; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D009111:Local Government; D008612:Menu Planning; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control; D012380:Role; D012574:Schools; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States