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Food Assistance Research Brief-Competitive Foods: Soft Drinks vs. Milk

  • by Biing-Hwan Lin and Katherine Ralston
  • 7/15/2003
  • FANRR-34-7

Overview

"Competitive foods"-those available in schools in addition to USDA-provided school meals-have lower nutritional quality than school meals. This report reviews current information on the impact of competitive foods in school meal programs and presents a case study on competition between milk and soft drinks.

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