Key Resources
Nutrition Standards for Foods in Schools
Institute of Medicine report provides nutritional standards for the availability, sale, content and consumption of foods at school, with attention to competitive foods(2007).
report brief | fact sheet
School
Meal Programs: Competitive Foods Are Widely Available and Generate
Substantial Revenues for
Schools (PDF) Background
Summary (PDF) | Abstract
Report
from the US Government Accountability
Office on two national surveys about the prevalence of
competitive foods, groups
involved
in their sale, and the amounts and uses of revenue generated. Also provides information about strategies
schools have used to limit less nutritious competitive
foods.
(2005)
School
Meal Programs: Competitive Foods Are Available in Many Schools;
Actions Taken to Restrict Them Differ by State and Locality (PDF)
Report describes
foods and school food practices that fall under the term “competitive
foods”,federal restrictions on their sale,
the types of competitive foods, their availability, and relevance in schools, and additional
steps at state and local levels to curtail
the sale of competitive foods. (2004)
Competitive
Foods and Beverages Available for Purchase in Secondary Schools
--- Selected Sites, United States,
2004
CDC report on data collected in spring 2004 from principals and
other school officials regarding
sales of competitive foods and beverages in public high schools. (2005)
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