Van Hook, J., &Altman, C. E. (2012). Competitive food sales in schools and childhood obesity: a longitudinal study. Sociology of education, 85(1), 23-39.
The vast majority of American middle schools and high schools sell what are known as “competitive foods,” such as soft drinks, candy bars, and chips, to children. The relationship between consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks and snacks and childhood obesity is well established, but it remains unknown whether competitive food sales in schools are related to unhealthy weight gain among children. The authors examined this association ...