TY - JOUR
T1 - Got low-fat milk? How a community-based coalition changed school milk policy in New York City
AU - Golub, Maxine
AU - Charlop, Megan
AU - Groisman-Perelstein, Adriana Estela
AU - Ruddock, Charmaine
AU - Calman, Neil
PY - 2011/1
Y1 - 2011/1
N2 - In 2006, New York City, the largest school district in the country, eliminated whole milk and reduced the availability of sweetened milk in 1,579 schools. Despite pressure from the American Dairy Council, skepticism from school food administrators and elected officials, and the difficulties inherent in changing a system that serves 120,000,000 containers of milk per year, a community-led coalition prevailed. This article describes how parents, educational leaders, advocates, and health professionals collaborated to educate school children and their families to choose low-fat milk, and created change at a system, policy, and environmental level to promote health in the community.
AB - In 2006, New York City, the largest school district in the country, eliminated whole milk and reduced the availability of sweetened milk in 1,579 schools. Despite pressure from the American Dairy Council, skepticism from school food administrators and elected officials, and the difficulties inherent in changing a system that serves 120,000,000 containers of milk per year, a community-led coalition prevailed. This article describes how parents, educational leaders, advocates, and health professionals collaborated to educate school children and their families to choose low-fat milk, and created change at a system, policy, and environmental level to promote health in the community.
KW - consumer advocacy
KW - nutrition
KW - obesity
KW - public policy
KW - schools
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/78650885865
U2 - 10.1097/FCH.0b013e318202a7dd
DO - 10.1097/FCH.0b013e318202a7dd
M3 - Article
C2 - 21160330
AN - SCOPUS:78650885865
SN - 0160-6379
VL - 34
SP - S44-S53
JO - Family and Community Health
JF - Family and Community Health
IS - SUPPL. 1
ER -