scholarly journals Obesity Prevalence and Dietary Intake of Antioxidants in Native American Adolescents

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 222
Author(s):  
Maria Cristina Perez ◽  
Benjamin D. Knisley ◽  
Grace E. Crosby ◽  
Shasha Zheng ◽  
M. Margaret Barth
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Food Service ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
The United States ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Obesity Prevalence ◽  
School Food ◽  
School Food Service ◽  
Antioxidant Intake

Antioxidants are well known for possessing anti-inflammatory properties, which can reduce the risk of chronic disease and obesity. However, very little research has been done to examine antioxidant intake among adolescent minority populations such as Native American adolescents. Our study examined the significance of antioxidant intake among Native American adolescents at an urban residential high school in Southern California. Our study population consisted of 183 male and female Native American adolescents, 14-18 years of age, representing 43 tribes from across the United States. Students’ primary source of meals was provided by the school food service. Based on the BMI calculations, the rate of obesity within our population was 38% for males and 40% for females, more than two-fold the national rate indicated by NHANESIII data. We used the Harvard School of Public Health Youth/Adolescent Questionnaire (HSPH YAQ), a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire, to examine antioxidant nutrient intake and evaluate the differences in the intake between normal and obese weight students. Statistical analysis of the results showed that intakes of vitamins C, E, and lycopene were the antioxidant nutrients found to be significantly different between normal and obese weight students and intakes of these nutrients were found to be higher among normal weight students (p-values = 0.02451, 0.00847, and 0.04928, respectively). These results suggest that dietary intake of antioxidants could be increased among Native American adolescents. Further research is needed to confirm our findings and identify effective ways for school food service to incorporate antioxidant rich foods into school menus.

scholarly journals Obesity Prevalence and Dietary Intake of Antioxidants in Native American Adolescents

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 222
Author(s):  
Maria Cristina Perez ◽  
Benjamin D. Knisley ◽  
Grace E. Crosby ◽  
Shasha Zheng ◽  
M. Margaret Barth
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Food Service ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
The United States ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Obesity Prevalence ◽  
School Food ◽  
School Food Service ◽  
Antioxidant Intake

Antioxidants are well known for possessing anti-inflammatory properties, which can reduce the risk of chronic disease and obesity. However, very little research has been done to examine antioxidant intake among adolescent minority populations such as Native American adolescents. Our study examined the significance of antioxidant intake among Native American adolescents at an urban residential high school in Southern California. Our study population consisted of 183 male and female Native American adolescents, 14-18 years of age, representing 43 tribes from across the United States. Students’ primary source of meals was provided by the school food service. Based on the BMI calculations, the rate of obesity within our population was 38% for males and 40% for females, more than two-fold the national rate indicated by NHANESIII data. We used the Harvard School of Public Health Youth/Adolescent Questionnaire (HSPH YAQ), a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire, to examine antioxidant nutrient intake and evaluate the differences in the intake between normal and obese weight students. Statistical analysis of the results showed that intakes of vitamins C, E, and lycopene were the antioxidant nutrients found to be significantly different between normal and obese weight students and intakes of these nutrients were found to be higher among normal weight students (p-values = 0.02451, 0.00847, and 0.04928, respectively). These results suggest that dietary intake of antioxidants could be increased among Native American adolescents. Further research is needed to confirm our findings and identify effective ways for school food service to incorporate antioxidant rich foods into school menus.

Feeding others' children : a comparative ethnography of school food service employees and how they make meaning

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Ashley D. Vancil-Leap
Keyword(s):  
Participant Observation ◽  
Food Service ◽  
The United States ◽  
School Nutrition ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Regulatory Structure ◽  
School Food ◽  
Service Employees ◽  
School Food Service ◽  
Food Service Employees

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Utilizing 18 months of participant observation, 25 in-depth interviews and numerous textual sources, this research is an ethnography at an elementary, middle, and high school looking at how school food service employees (i.e. lunch ladies) make meaning out of this low-status, low-paying occupation in the context of changes to federal policies on school nutrition. Overall, I argue that lunch ladies use care work as resources in mundane, yet unique, ways even as their work is shaped and constrained by the financial and regulatory structure changes of the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs. The goal is to show how food, femininity and labor are interrelated to produce inequalities, as well as, create opportunities for equality. Consequently, this project possesses social, cultural, and policy implications by analyzing an invisible group that provides service to every school in the United States and who influence student's school food choices.

The Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH): Intervention, Implementation, and Feasibility for Elementary Schools in the United States

1997 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 716-735 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl L. Perry ◽  
Deborah E. Sellers ◽  
Carolyn Johnson ◽  
Sheryl Pedersen ◽  
Kathryn J. Bachman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Cardiovascular Health ◽  
Food Service ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
The United States ◽  
Process Data ◽  
School Food ◽  
School Food Service

The Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH) was the largest school-based field trial ever sponsored by the National Institutes of Health. The trial demonstrated positive changes in the school food service and physical education program, as well as in students' cardiovascular health behaviors. Because the CATCH intervention programs were implemented in 56 schools (in four states) that were typical of schools throughout the United States, their reception by schools and degree of implementation provide evidence about their feasibility for schools nationally. Extensive process evaluation data were collected from students, teachers, school food service personnel, and physical education specialists throughout the three school years of the CATCH intervention. Four of the CATCH programs—school food service, physical education, classroom curricula, and home programs—were assessed over the three school years. The process data provide information on participation, dose, fidelity, and compatibility of the CATCH programs in the intervention schools for these programs. High levels of participation, dose, fidelity, and compatibility were observed for the four programs during the 3 school years. CATCH emerges as a model of a feasible multilevel health promotion program to improve eating and exercise behaviors for elementary schools in the United States.

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