title: Recommended school policies are associated with student sugary drink and fruit and vegetable intake.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the association between 8 recommended school obesity-related policies and student behaviors and weight in a cohort of Minnesota schools.
  
  
  METHODS
  Existing surveillance surveys were used to examine the relationship between school policies to promote healthy eating and physical activity and student weight, diet, and activity behaviors from 2002 to 2006 among students (n=18,881) in a cohort of 37 Minnesota junior-senior high and high schools using fixed effects linear regression models.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Each additional recommended policy was associated with a significant decrease in consumption of sugary drinks and an increase in consumption of fruits and vegetables. There were no associations with weekly hours of sedentary activities, days per week of vigorous activity, or body mass index percentile.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Students attending schools that added recommended policies to promote healthy eating showed improved dietary behaviors, independent of secular trends compared with students in schools that did not add recommended policies.
authors: Department of Family Medicine & Community Health, Program in Health Disparities Research, University of Minnesota, 717 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA. Electronic address: msnanney@umn.edu.
authors: Marilyn S
authors: MS
authors: Nanney
authors: Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, West Bank Office Building 1300 S. Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA. Electronic address: macl0029@umn.edu.
authors: Richard
authors: R
authors: MacLehose
authors: School of Nursing, PHS Room 5-140 WDH, 308 Harvard St. SE, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. Electronic address: kubik002@umn.edu.
authors: Martha Y
authors: MY
authors: Kubik
authors: Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Biostatistical Design and Analysis Center, University of Minnesota, 717 Delaware St. SE, Suite 140, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA. Electronic address: davey002@umn.edu.
authors: Cynthia S
authors: CS
authors: Davey
authors: Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Biostatistical Design and Analysis Center, University of Minnesota, 717 Delaware St. SE, Suite 140, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA. Electronic address: coomb0054@umn.edu.
authors: Brandon
authors: B
authors: Coombes
authors: Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, West Bank Office Building 1300 S. Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA. Electronic address: tfnelson@umn.edu.
authors: Toben F
authors: TF
authors: Nelson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001628:Beverages / Q000592:standards; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008910:Minnesota / Q000453:epidemiology; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D018673:Nutrition Policy; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012572:School Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013549:Sweetening Agents / Q000592:standards*; D014675:Vegetables
chemical_list: D013549:Sweetening Agents
keywords: School nutrition policies; School policy evaluations; Student BMI percentile