Timing is Everything: The Impact of School Lunch Length on Children's Body Weight.
The large number of overweight children in the United States has prompted school administrators and policy makers to identify practices in schools that contribute to unhealthy weight outcomes for children and develop strategies to prevent further increases. Advocates for school nutrition reform have...
| Publicado en: | Southern Economic Journal Vol. 80; no. 3; pp. 656 - 677 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jan2014
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