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2003 California High School Fast Food Survey Report

In 1999, California Project LEAN (Leaders Encouraging Activity and Nutrition) and the Public Health Institute (PHI) recognized the growing problem of unhealthy foods on California high school campuses. Using funds from The California Endowment, PHI commissioned Samuels & Associates to work with California Project LEAN to research this issue. This research included a survey in which district food service directors were asked about the prevalence of fast foods on California high school campuses. The results of the 2000 California High School Fast Food Survey described the types of fast food sold on California high school campuses, the factors that influenced such sales, and the associated economic and policy issues (Craypo et al, Journal of School Health, January 2002).

The Public Health Institute conducted another survey, the 2003 California High School Fast Food Survey to gather a second set of information that describes the forces which shape the environment in which California high school students make food choices.

Specifically, the 2003 survey:

  • Assesses the factors that influence fast food sales on high school campuses.
  • Identifies current nutritional standards applied to the sale of competitive foods.
  • Determines the role food service directors play in selecting foods sold and in managing funds generated from the sale of a la carte foods.
  • Highlights unique issues for schools with 50 percent or more of the students eligible for free or reduced price meals.
  • Identifies the feasibility of implementing nutrition standards for a la carte foods.

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