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Children's Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables: Do School Environment and Policies Affect Choice At School and Away from School?

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  • Ariun Ishdorj
  • Helen H. Jensen
  • Mary Kay Crepinsek

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School environment and policies affect children's healthy eating choices both at and away from school. We estimate their effect on fruit and vegetable intakes and control for the endogenous decision to participate in the National School Lunch Program. School meal participants consume more total fruits and vegetables, with relatively more at school and less away from school compared to nonparticipants. The policies had little effect on participation itself. Policies to restrict high fat milks or desserts for school lunch and selling competitive foods are associated with greater fruit and/or vegetable intake at school; some policies affected consumption of fruits and/or vegetables at home as well. Policies that encourage fruit and vegetable consumption can improve diets both at and away from school.

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  • Ariun Ishdorj & Helen H. Jensen & Mary Kay Crepinsek, 2012. "Children's Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables: Do School Environment and Policies Affect Choice At School and Away from School?," Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) Publications 12-wp531, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) at Iowa State University.
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    1. Mishra, Vikas & Ishdorj, Ariun, 2024. "A Balanced Plate: The Impact of National School Lunch Program on Participant’s Food Components Consumption and Diet Quality," 2024 Annual Meeting, July 28-30, New Orleans, LA 343600, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    2. Kathryn L. Clark & R. Vincent Pohl & Ryan C. Thomas, 2020. "Minimum Wages And Healthy Diet," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 38(3), pages 546-560, July.
    3. Ralston, Katherine & Newman, Constance, "undated". "School Meals in Transition," Economic Information Bulletin 262115, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    4. Pohl, R. Vincent & Clark, Kathryn L. & Thomas, Ryan C., 2017. "Minimum Wages and Healthy Diet," MPRA Paper 87239, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Chen, Danhong & Thomsen, Michael & Nayga, Rodolfo & Park, Sangsoo & Bennett, Judy, 2016. "Evaluating the Impact of Participation in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program on Childhood Obesity Using Synthetic Difference-in-Difference Method," 2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts 236072, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    6. Kyung Min Kang & Robert A. Moffitt, 2019. "The Effect of SNAP and School Food Programs on Food Security, Diet Quality, and Food Spending: Sensitivity to Program Reporting Error," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 86(1), pages 156-201, July.
    7. Matthias Staudigel & Christoph Lingl & Jutta Roosen, 2019. "Preferences versus the Environment: How Do School Fruit and Vegetable Programs Affect Children's Fresh Produce Consumption?," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 41(4), pages 742-763, December.
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    9. Belot, Michèle & James, Jonathan, 2022. "Incentivizing dietary choices among children: Review of experimental evidence," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 111(C).
    10. Ogundari, Kolawole & Arifalo, Sadiat Funmilayo, 2013. "Determinants of Household Demand for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable in Nigeria: A Double Hurdle Approach," Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture, Humboldt-Universitaat zu Berlin, vol. 52(3), pages 1-18, August.

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    JEL classification:

    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy

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