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  • A healthy trend: less food used in fundraising and as rewards and incentives in Minnesota middle and high schools

  • Martha Y Kubik, Kian Farbakhsh, Leslie A Lytle
  • Journal:
    Public Health Nutrition / Volume 16 / Issue 4 / April 2013
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    04 July 2012, pp. 683-686
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  • Objective

    To assess change in the 4-year prevalence (2006–2009) of the use of food in school fundraising and as rewards and incentives for students, following implementation of federal legislation in the USA in 2006.

    Design

    Serial cross-sectional design using trend analysis to assess school-level data collected over four consecutive years from 2006/2007 to 2009/2010.

    Setting

    Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN.

    Subjects

    Convenience sample of middle and high schools participating in two longitudinal, aetiological studies that examined youth, their environment and obesity-related factors.

    Results

    A significant and sustained decrease was demonstrated in the use of low-nutrient, energy-dense foods in school fundraising activities and the use of food and food coupons as rewards and incentives by teachers and school staff.

    Conclusions

    Results support the utility of policy and legislative action as a tool for creating healthy, sustainable environmental change.