title: A content analysis of kindergarten-12th grade school-based nutrition interventions: taking advantage of past learning.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the literature, identifying proposed recommendations for school-based nutrition interventions, and evaluate kindergarten through 12th grade school-based nutrition interventions conducted from 2000-2008.
  
  
  METHODS
  Proposed recommendations from school-based intervention reviews were developed and used in conducting a content analysis of 26 interventions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-six school-based nutrition interventions in the United States first published in peer-reviewed journals from 2000-2008. VARIABLE MEASURED: Ten proposed recommendations based on prior analyses of school-based nutrition interventions: (1) behaviorally focused, (2) multicomponents, (3) healthful food/school environment, (4) family involvement, (5) self-assessments, (6) quantitative evaluation, (7) community involvement, (8) ethnic/heterogeneous groups, (9) multimedia technology, and (10) sequential and sufficient duration.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive statistics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most frequent recommendations used were: (1) behaviorally focused components (100%) and (2) quantitative evaluation of food behaviors (96%). Only 15% of the interventions included community involvement or ethnic/heterogeneous groups, whereas 31% included anthropometric measures. Five of the 10 proposed recommendations were included in over 50% of the interventions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Rising trend of overweight children warrants the need to synthesize findings from previous studies to inform research and program development and assist in identification of high-impact strategies and tactics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition and Hospitality Management, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA. mroseman@olemiss.edu
authors.forename: Mary G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Roseman
authors.forename: Martha C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Riddell
authors.forename: Jessica N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Haynes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D053198:Child Nutrition Sciences / Q000193:education*; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D012574:Schools; D014481:United States