Diana Cassady ^1*, Rainbow Vogt ¹, Debbie Oto-Kent ², Ramona Mosley ², Richard Lincoln ³

¹ U.C. Davis
² Health Education Council
³ City of Sacramento

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: dlcassady{at}ucdavis.edu.

	Abstract

We used a case study approach to examine the nutritional effect of a policy to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in the Students Today Achieving Results for Tomorrow afterschool program. The snack menu was changed in 44 after-school programs serving 8000 low-income and ethnically diverse elementary-school students. A comparison of previous and current snack menus identified a significant increase in fruit servings (83%) and no change in vegetable servings.We discuss the unintended consequences resulting from the menu changes.

Key Words: School Health, Chronic Disease, Health Policy, Health Promotion