在大学食品服务合同中记录的健康食品政策
Stacy M Fandetti1, Alicia Anne Dahl1, Caitlan Webster1
1Department of Public Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA.
概括
北卡罗来纳州的大学餐饮服务合同往往缺乏全面的健康食品政策. 这项研究评估了14个合同,发现营养指南的纳入有限,突出了通过校园食品环境改善学生健康的机会.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 营养 公共卫生 营养
- 卫生政策分析 卫生政策分析
- 高等教育 食品系统
背景情况:
- 大学学生面临的营养健康挑战受到校园食品环境的影响.
- 现有的食品服务合同可能无法充分解决健康饮食标准.
- 北卡罗来纳州 (NC) 的公立大学提供了一个增强学生营养的机会.
研究的目的:
- 分析NC公立大学食品服务合同,以纳入健康食品标准和政策.
- 评估北卡罗来纳州食品服务政策指南在何种程度上被整合到这些合同中.
- 发现有关校园食品环境的合同协议中的空白.
主要方法:
- 14所国家大学的食品服务合同内容分析.
- 使用了35项北卡罗来纳州食品服务政策指南评估.
- 检查了四个关键的校园食品环境元素:饮料,包装零食,准备食品和其他.
主要成果:
- 五个合同中没有NC食品服务政策指南.
- 三个合同包含1-5个指南,六个合同包括6-9个指南.
- 在35条指导方针中,共有13条指导方针至少在一个合同中存在.
结论:
- 有相当数量的NC大学餐饮服务合同缺乏全面的健康食品政策.
- 该评估方法在成本和时间上是有效的,用于评估营养指南的纳入.
- 建议对合同进行修订,以改善校园食品环境和学生营养健康.
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