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District wellness policies and school-level practices in Minnesota, USA

Nicole Larson, Cynthia Davey, Pamela K. Hoffman, Martha Kubik, Marilyn S. Nanney

Public Health Nutrition · 2015 · 24 citations · 28 references

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Nutrition educators and other health professionals should assist schools in periodically assessing their wellness practices to ensure compliance with district wellness policies and environments supportive of healthy behaviours.

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School Food Environments and Policies in US Public Schools

Daniel Finkelstein, Elaine Hill, Robert C. Whitaker · PEDIATRICS · 2008 · 216 citations

The Impact of State Laws and District Policies on Physical Education and Recess Practices in a Nationally Representative Sample of US Public Elementary Schools

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A Comprehensive Coding System to Measure the Quality of School Wellness Policies

Marlene B. Schwartz, Anne E. Lund, H. Mollie Grow et al. · Journal of the American Dietetic Association · 2009 · 108 citations

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