title: The relationship between school lunch attendance and the food intakes of French schoolchildren aged 3-17 years.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Recently, school meal composition regulations have been implemented in France in order to improve the nutritional status of children. The present study investigated the link between school lunch attendance and the food intakes of schoolchildren aged 3-17 years.
  
  
  METHODS
  Second French cross-sectional dietary survey (2006-2007). Eating frequencies were assessed for twenty-four food groups with a 7 d food record. Eating locations were recorded for main meals. Food group intakes at weekday lunches were compared for the school canteen and for other locations. The children's overall dietary intake was compared based on school lunch attendance.
  
  
  METHODS
  Mainland France.
  
  
  METHODS
  Schoolchildren aged 3-17 years (n 1068).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Lunchtime food intake differed between the school canteen and other locations. Some intakes at school canteens were more in accordance with the regulations (more fruit and vegetables, fish and dairy products, and less sandwiches, soft drinks, chocolate and confectionery), whereas others highlighted needs for improvement (more sweet biscuits and pastries, ice cream and dairy desserts, pizzas and salty pastries). Many of these differences were also observed in the children's overall diet: children regularly attending school lunches ate more mashed fruit, fish and sweet biscuits or pastries, and less sandwiches and soft drinks. The link between school lunch attendance and overall diet was less pronounced in secondary-school children.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  School canteen attendance is associated with both potentially beneficial and deleterious differences in the lunchtime and overall diets of French children. These findings are important to consider when setting national regulations for school meal composition.
authors: 1ANSES,Risk Assessment Department,Dietary Survey Unit,27-31 avenue du Général Leclerc,94701 Maisons-Alfort Cedex,France.
authors: Carine
authors: C
authors: Dubuisson
authors: 1ANSES,Risk Assessment Department,Dietary Survey Unit,27-31 avenue du Général Leclerc,94701 Maisons-Alfort Cedex,France.
authors: Sandrine
authors: S
authors: Lioret
authors: 1ANSES,Risk Assessment Department,Dietary Survey Unit,27-31 avenue du Général Leclerc,94701 Maisons-Alfort Cedex,France.
authors: Ariane
authors: A
authors: Dufour
authors: 1ANSES,Risk Assessment Department,Dietary Survey Unit,27-31 avenue du Général Leclerc,94701 Maisons-Alfort Cedex,France.
authors: Gloria
authors: G
authors: Calamassi-Tran
authors: 2ANSES,Risk Assessment Department,Maisons-Alfort,France.
authors: Jean-Luc
authors: JL
authors: Volatier
authors: 1ANSES,Risk Assessment Department,Dietary Survey Unit,27-31 avenue du Général Leclerc,94701 Maisons-Alfort Cedex,France.
authors: Lionel
authors: L
authors: Lafay
authors: 3Department of Paediatrics,Jeanne de Flandre Children's Hospitaland Lille University Faculty of Medicine,Lille,France.
authors: Dominique
authors: D
authors: Turck
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences; D005522:Food Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005602:France; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012574:Schools; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Adolescents; Children; Dietary intake; France; School lunch
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