TY - JOUR
T1 - Compliance With the Healthy Eating Standards in YMCA After-School Programs
AU - Beets, Michael W.
AU - Weaver, R. Glenn
AU - Turner-McGrievy, Gabrielle
AU - Beighle, Aaron
AU - Moore, Justin B.
AU - Webster, Collin
AU - Khan, Mahmud
AU - Saunders, Ruth
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior
PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - Objective 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. Methods 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. Results 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. Conclusions and Implications Additional efforts are required to assist YMCA-operated ASPs in achieving these important nutrition standards.
AB - Objective 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. Methods 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. Results 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. Conclusions and Implications Additional efforts are required to assist YMCA-operated ASPs in achieving these important nutrition standards.
KW - YMCA
KW - child
KW - community
KW - nutrition
KW - policy
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jneb.2016.05.012
DO - 10.1016/j.jneb.2016.05.012
M3 - Article
C2 - 27372234
AN - SCOPUS:84977661579
SN - 1499-4046
VL - 48
SP - 555-562.e1
JO - Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
JF - Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
IS - 8
ER -