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What's in Children’s Backpacks: Foods Brought from Home

Abstract Forty-one percent of elementary schoolchildren bring lunch to school on any given day. Forty-five percent bring snacks. Surprisingly, little is known about the foods and beverages they bring. This cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from the GREEN (Growing Right: Eco-friendly Eating a...

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Published in:Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 2014-09, Vol.114 (9), p.1424-1431
Main Authors: Hubbard, Kristie L., PhD, MPH, RD, Must, Aviva, PhD, Eliasziw, Misha, PhD, Folta, Sara C., PhD, Goldberg, Jeanne, PhD, RD
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