Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32345401›Full record

ArticlePublic health nutrition2020

Food and beverage marketing in schools: school superintendents' perspectives and practices after the healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.

Yuka Asada, Jennifer L Harris, Sally Mancini, Marlene B Schwartz, Jamie F Chriqui

Abstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Public health nutrition, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Yuka AsadaInstitute for Health Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL60608, USA.
Jennifer L HarrisUConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT06103, USA.
Sally ManciniUConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT06103, USA.
Marlene B SchwartzUConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT06103, USA.
Jamie F ChriquiInstitute for Health Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL60608, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveChildren are surrounded by ubiquitous forms of unhealthy food marketing at home and in schools. The US Department of Agriculture now restricts food and beverage marketing that does not meet Smart Snacks in School standards. School superintendents, as districts' top administrators, play a critical role in ensuring marketing policies are implemented and adhered to; however, there is limited research involving this stakeholder group. The current study examined superintendents' perspectives on food marketing in schools and the marketing provision in wellness policies, as well as experiences with the implementation of such policies.

designQualitative focus groups and follow-up interviews (with focus group participants) were conducted by trained researchers.

settingFocus groups occurred at The School Superintendents' annual meeting; follow-up interviews were over the telephone.

participantsSuperintendents and assistant superintendents (n 39) from twenty-three states participated. Interviews were recorded and professionally transcribed; transcripts were team-coded in Atlas.ti using an iteratively revised coding guide to facilitate theme generation.

resultsDespite common concerns that marketing to children was 'insidious', superintendents reported a wide range of food and beverage marketing policies. In addition, the main issue is fundraising - such as 'restaurant nights' - that results in marketing that occurs on- and off-campus and afterschool.

conclusionsDiscrepancies between perspectives and practices point to the challenges that superintendents face with budgetary constraints, as well as relationships with parent-teacher organisations. These findings provide important insights about superintendents' perspectives and challenges, particularly for government and child health advocates supporting school districts, to implement these policies.

Indexed as

AdultChildDiet, HealthyEducational PersonnelFemaleFood ServicesHumansMaleMarketingNutrition PolicySchool Health ServicesSchoolsSnacksFood marketingNutrition policySchool health and nutrition

Identifiers

PMID32345401
PMCPMC10200456

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.