Investigating How to Align Schools’ Marketing Environments With Federal Standards for Competitive Foods.

Auteur(s) :
Polacsek M., O'Brien LM., Pratt E., Whatley-Blum J., Adler S.
Date :
Mar, 2017
Source(s) :
The Journal of school health. #87:3 p167-173
Adresse :
School of Community and Population Health, University of New England, 716 Stevens Avenue, Portland, ME 04103.

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BACKGROUND
Limiting food and beverage marketing to children is a promising approach to influence children's nutrition behavior. School-based marketing influences nutrition behavior and studies have consistently found marketing for nonnutritious foods and beverages in schools. No studies have examined the resources necessary to align school marketing environments with federal school nutrition standards. The purpose of this study was to determine how to improve school marketing environments so that they align with new federal competitive food nutrition standards.

METHODS
We assessed food marketing environments in 3 Portland, Maine schools using the Food and Beverage Marketing Survey (FBMS) and provided technical assistance to bring their marketing environments into conformity with the federal competitive food regulations, tracking resources and strategies for marketing removal.

RESULTS
Noncompliant marketing was significantly reduced pre- to postintervention. Intervention strategies were facilitated by the School Health Coordinator and school-based wellness teams.

CONCLUSIONS
Low monetary resources were required to remove marketing not compliant with federal nutrition standards for foods sold in schools. Several key challenges remain to sustain efforts. This study provides timely information for policymakers to support crafting policies that address the realities of school nutrition environments and universal enforcement challenges.

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