title: The effect of new purchase criteria on food procurement for the Brazilian school feeding program.
abstract: To explore the effect of the school feeding program purchase criteria on the quantity, variety and origin of food products acquired for school meals in a municipality in Brazil.
  
  
  
  Analysis of purchase lists for two years prior and two years after implementation of the purchase criteria (2010). The origin (family farms (FF)/other providers (OP)) and nutritional characteristics (recommended/controlled) of food products were studied, registering annual varieties (n) and daily quantities (kg/day); contrast of proportions was applied.
  
  
  
  The acquisition of recommended products increased, and the quantity of controlled products decreased (p = 0.005). Purchase of legumes and vegetables (p < 0.05) increased and high sugar foods decreased (p = 0.02). The majority of food products in 2010 and 2011 were acquired from OP (64% and 61%), although FF provided the greatest proportion of legumes and vegetables. Ten new varieties of recommended products were incorporated, 9 of which were acquired from FF.
  
  
  
  The criteria of direct purchase from family farms resulted in an increase in the variety and quantity of healthy foods in the schools in the municipality.
authors.affiliation: Public Health Research Group, University of Alicante (Universidad de Alicante), Edificio de Ciencias Sociales, Campus San Vicente del Raspeig, Ap. 99, C.P. 03080, Alicante, Spain; Nutrition in Foodservice Research Centre, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil. Electronic address: panmela_soares@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Panmela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.affiliation: Public Health Research Group, University of Alicante (Universidad de Alicante), Edificio de Ciencias Sociales, Campus San Vicente del Raspeig, Ap. 99, C.P. 03080, Alicante, Spain; Department of Community Nursing, Preventive Medicine and Public Health and History of Science, University of Alicante, Campus San Vicente del Raspeig, Ap. 99, C.P. 03080, Alicante, Spain. Electronic address: mdavo@ua.es.
authors.forename: M Carmen
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Davó-Blanes
authors.affiliation: Nutrition in Foodservice Research Centre, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil; Nutrition Post-Graduate Program, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Campus Universitário Trindade, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Departamento de Nutrição, Florianópolis, SC, 88040-900, Brazil. Electronic address: suellen.smartinelli@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Suellen Secchi
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Martinelli
authors.affiliation: Gaúcha Association for the Protection of the Natural Environment (AGAPAN), Av Osvaldo Aranha, 440 sala, 304 - Bairro Bom Fim, Porto Alegre, RS, 90, 035-190, Brazil. Electronic address: melgarejo.leonardo@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Leonardo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Melgarejo
authors.affiliation: Nutrition in Foodservice Research Centre, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil; Nutrition Department, Nutrition Post-Graduate Program, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Campus Universitário Trindade, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Departamento de Nutrição, Florianópolis, SC, 88040-900, Brazil. Electronic address: sbcavalli@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Suzi Barletto
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Cavalli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017195:Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000383:Agriculture / Q000191:economics; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000072001:Diet, Healthy / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000254:growth & development; D005502:Food / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D063427:Food Quality; D005522:Food Services / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D005523:Food Supply / Q000191:economics; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006801:Humans; D018673:Nutrition Policy / Q000639:trends; D064787:Portion Size; D012574:Schools / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D012639:Seeds / Q000737:chemistry / Q000254:growth & development; D014675:Vegetables / Q000737:chemistry / Q000191:economics / Q000254:growth & development
keywords: Health promotion; Public policies; School feeding