Got Low-Fat Milk? How a Community-Based Coalition Changed School Milk Policy in New York City
Got Low-Fat Milk? How a Community-Based Coalition Changed School Milk Policy in New York City
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DOI:
10.1097/fch.0b013e318202a7dd
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发表时间:
2011-01-01
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Calman, Neil
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作者:
Golub, Maxine;Charlop, Megan;Calman, Neil
In 2006, New York City, the largest school district in the country, eliminated whole milk and reduced the availability of sweetened milk in 1,579 schools Despite pressure from the American Dairy Council skepticism from school food administrators and elected officials and the difficulties inherent in changing a system that serves 120 000 000 containers of milk per year a community led coalition prevailed This article describes how parents, educational leaders advocates, and health professionals collaborated to educate school children and their families to choose low fat milk, and created change at a system, policy, and environmental level to promote health in the community