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Compliance With the Healthy Eating Standards in YMCA After-School Programs

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, June 2016
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Title
Compliance With the Healthy Eating Standards in YMCA After-School Programs
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Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, June 2016
DOI 10.1016/j.jneb.2016.05.012
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Michael W. Beets, R. Glenn Weaver, Gabrielle Turner-McGrievy, Aaron Beighle, Justin B. Moore, Collin Webster, Mahmud Khan, Ruth Saunders

Abstract

In 2011, the YMCA of the US adopted Healthy Eating standards for all of their after-school programs (ASPs). The extent to which YMCA ASPs comply with the standards is unknown. Twenty ASPs from all YMCA ASPs across South Carolina (N = 102) were invited to participate. Direct observation of the food and beverages served and staff behaviors were collected on 4 nonconsecutive days per ASP. One ASP did not serve a snack. Of the remaining ASPs, a total of 26% served a fruit or vegetable and 32% served water every day; 26% served sugar-sweetened beverages, 47% served sugar-added foods, and only 11% served whole grains when grains were served. Staff members sat with the children (65%) or verbally promoted healthy eating (15%) on at least 1 observation day. Staff drank non-approved drinks (25%) or foods (45%) on at least 1 observation day. No ASPs served snacks family-style every day. Additional efforts are required to assist YMCA-operated ASPs in achieving these important nutrition standards.

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Unknown 66 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 10 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 11%
Researcher 6 9%
Student > Bachelor 4 6%
Professor > Associate Professor 3 5%
Other 14 21%
Unknown 22 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 10 15%
Social Sciences 9 14%
Medicine and Dentistry 6 9%
Psychology 5 8%
Sports and Recreations 4 6%
Other 8 12%
Unknown 24 36%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 67. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 September 2016.
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#634,977
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#101
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Outputs of similar age from Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
#2
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