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Associations among Food Security, School Meal Participation, and Students’ Diet Quality in the First School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study

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  • Sarah Forrestal
  • Elizabeth Potamites
  • Joanne Guthrie
  • Nora Paxton

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Using data from the first School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study, this analysis compared the contributions of school and non-school foods to the energy intakes and diet quality of students classified as food insecure, marginally secure, or food secure.

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  • Sarah Forrestal & Elizabeth Potamites & Joanne Guthrie & Nora Paxton, "undated". "Associations among Food Security, School Meal Participation, and Students’ Diet Quality in the First School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 34ded49c2a464d57857a407d4, Mathematica Policy Research.
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