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À la Carte Offerings Effects on the Selection of Healthy National School Lunch Program Meal Components

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  • Ferro, Gabrielle
  • Kropp, Jaclyn D.
  • Gupta, Sonam
  • Grogan, Kelly A.
  • Mathews, Anne

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Using data from an Alachua County, Florida elementary school, we analyze how intermittently offered à la carte items, such as ice cream and other desserts, affect the selection of more healthful National School Lunch Program (NSLP) lunch components (fruits and low-fat dairy). We find NSLP participants are more likely to select the fruit component on days à la carte items are offered; however, NSLP participants who purchase à la carte items, when available, are less likely to select a fruit. If students consume all of the foods that they select, this substitution effect reduces micronutrients consumed and increases caloric intake. Such a substitution over the long term could have implications for childhood obesity as well as overall health. Our results have implications for the on-going debate pertaining to competitive foods sold in school lunchrooms.

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  • Ferro, Gabrielle & Kropp, Jaclyn D. & Gupta, Sonam & Grogan, Kelly A. & Mathews, Anne, 2014. "À la Carte Offerings Effects on the Selection of Healthy National School Lunch Program Meal Components," 2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota 170622, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaea14:170622
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.170622
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