Competitive Foods, Discrimination, and Participation in the National School Lunch Program

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dc.contributor.authorBhatia, R.
dc.contributor.authorJones, P.
dc.contributor.authorReicker, Z.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:02:41Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:02:41Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractMeals served through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) must meet rigorous nutritional standards; however, barriers to student participation may limit the program's health and social equity benefits. Unsubsidized meals and food offerings competing with the NSLP offerings in school lunch environments may be lowering qualified student participation either directly or via identification of subsidized low-income students or stigmatization of the NSLP. We document a pilot intervention conducted in San Francisco in 2009 and 2010 that demonstrated gains in NSLP participation after removal of separate competitive à la carte lunch meal offerings. Our observations suggest the need for greater attention to the potential discriminatory effects of competitive foods and to the issue of stigma by school nutrition program administrators, researchers, regulators, and policymakers. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print June 16, 2011:e1-e7. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2011.300134).
dc.description.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2011.300134
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/n4ib-b85j
dc.identifier.citationBhatia, R. and Jones, P. and Reicker, Z. (2011) Competitive Foods, Discrimination, and Participation in the National School Lunch Program. American Journal of Public Health.
dc.identifier.issn0090-0036
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 2617
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/23288
dc.subjectAccess To Healthy Foods
dc.subjectNutrition
dc.subjectPolicy
dc.subjectinterventions
dc.subjectNational School Lunch Program
dc.subjectUnsubsidized meals
dc.subjectsubsidized low-income students
dc.titleCompetitive Foods, Discrimination, and Participation in the National School Lunch Program
dc.typeArticle

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