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The student may use all their money to buy the snacks and they will ask their parents for more money 

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The student may use all their money to buy the snacks and they will ask their parents for more money 

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Eating junk food as a young age is a bad habit and it can lead to lifelong health consequences. Statistics show that 60 million adults are obese or overweight. Schools are places where children spend most of their time, so schools should be places for children to learn healthy foods. By 2050, the American obesity rate is expected to reach 42%, according to researchers at Harvard University.

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Eating junk food as a young age is a bad habit and it can lead to lifelong health consequences. Statistics show that 60 million adults are obese or overweight. Schools are places where children spend most of their time, so schools should be places for children to learn healthy foods. By 2050, the American obesity rate is expected to reach 42%, according to researchers at Harvard University.

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Tuck shop can provide food,snacks and drinks for us.The tuck shop can also teach students how to spend the money in a good way.

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Tuck shop can provide food,snacks and drinks for us.The tuck shop can also teach students how to spend the money in a good way.

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Students without moderation from school can use outrageous amounts of money on junk food at school tuck shops. Leading them even overweight if kept as a habit.

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This can train student's financial concepts. 

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This can train student's financial concepts. 

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Students might bring a lot of money and disobey the school rules 

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Students might bring a lot of money and disobey the school rules 

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Everyone says the junk food is unhealthy, but actually not, for example, sugar and salt are vital to one's health. They provide strength and resistance.

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Everyone says the junk food are unhealthy ,but actually not,for example sugar and salt are vital to one’s health.They provide strength and resistance.

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Everyone says the junk food are unhealthy ,but actually not,for example sugar and salt are vital to one’s health.They provide strength and resistance.

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Divine Foods runs the tuck shop at Stellenbosch Primary School and have great success with the healthier alternatives offered for sale.

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Now, the price is cheaper by selling
junk food. Junk food cause lots of health problems

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"It doesn't sound like very much, but we know kids are highly motivated by taste and price," said lead researcher Dr Rebecca Wyse at the University of Newcastle's school of medicine and public health.

"When they have a limited amount to spend at the canteen, price matters," she said.

Schools had progressively ditched red foods from their tuckshop shelves since the Fresh Tastes at School "traffic light" guidelines recommended all red foods be removed from menus and only be available twice each school term.

The researchers focused their investigation to price comparisons between green and the more prevalent "amber" menu items: food with some nutritional value but moderate levels of saturated fat, sugar or salt.

"The price of green main meals were significantly higher than amber equivalents," Dr Wyse said.

"There is pretty limited incentive to choose green foods."

Healthy sandwiches (salad, egg and baked beans) were on average 43¢ more expensive than amber alternatives (vegemite and jam).

Green hot foods were 71¢ more pricey than amber options (nuggets, pies and sausage rolls).

The reverse was true of the snacks and drinks categories. Green snacks were 18¢ cheaper than amber options (fairy bread), frozen amber snacks (zooper doopers) were 25¢ more expensive and green drinks were 13¢ cheaper than amber items (full fat milkshake, flavoured mineral water).

"Current pricing may not encourage the purchasing of healthy main-meal items by and for students," the authors concluded.

But there were opportunities to improve the chances of children choosing healthier canteen options, Dr Wyse said.

US studies had shown dropping the price of healthy snacks in vending machines doubled sales. Other studies at US university cafeterias achieved similar results, Dr Wyse said.

"Canteen managers have to juggle so much ... [purchasing decisions], the sustainability of the canteen and the nutritional well being of the students.

"We're interested in providing canteen managers with the support they need to help set their pricing" in a way that could sway children towards the healthier options, Dr Wyse said.

"It's all about making the healthy choice the easy choice," she said. "Pricing is a really simple way of doing that and we have the potential to explore this."

Complicating matters, a smattering of foods classified as green - including Milo - have come under fire from consumer and public health groups, accused of gaming the federal government's health star rating system.

Milo boasts a 4.5 star health rating on its tin, but the product only rates highly when added to a glass of skin milk. On its own Milo - which contains 46.4 grams of sugar per 100 grams - is rated 1.5 stars

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Tuckshop price check: unhealthy meals significantly cheaper than healthy alternatives, analysis reveals

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"It doesn't sound like very much, but we know kids are highly motivated by taste and price," said lead researcher Dr Rebecca Wyse at the University of Newcastle's school of medicine and public health. "When they have a limited amount to spend at the canteen, price matters," she said.

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Student Health Service - Choose and Enjoy Healthy Snacks

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congee, noodles in soup, sandwiches, whole-wheat breads, no added sugar and salt nuts, no added sugar dried fruits, oatmeal, skimmed/low-fat milk, high calcium low-sugar/no sugar soya milk, corns, fruits (apples, oranges, bananas, etc.), sushi

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the food and drinks sold at tuck shop are dangerous

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the food and drinks sold at tuck shop are dangerous

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LAHORE: Three children died after taking toxic toffees or sweets in the Manwawan area on Monday.

Police said three children ate toffees or sweets after purchasing them from a local tuck shop in Manawan. The condition of the children including Tayyeb, Haseeb and Alishba deteriorated after eating them and they died. The bodies were handed over to the families after medicolegal formalities. -INP

Our correspondent adds: Punjab Food Authority Director General Noor ul Amin Mengal has taken notice of the incident of three children's death due to eating toxic toffees and sought a report from the technical team.

The DG said that a team has been sent to the crime scene for collecting evidence and investigating the matter. He further said that indiscriminate action would be taken against persons, company in the light of the inquiry report after submitting by the technical team regarding the death of three children in Manawa. The DG has also visited the Services Hospital and expressed deep sorrow and grief over the loss of the three precious lives with the family members. Speaking on the occasion, Mengal said that PFA had immediately closed down the local shops in the 200-meter radius by serving emergency prohibition orders. Teams have also collected candies/ toffees samples as well other products which have been sent for laboratory test.

In a province-wide crackdown, Punjab Food Authority has closed down 31 food premises including warehouse and production units for selling banned product gutka and failure to maintain hygiene.

Besides, the teams imposed fines of Rs914300 on 135 food points during inspection of hundreds of food businesses while discarded hundreds of maunds unhygienic food products during daylong activity. The purpose of the crackdown was to ensure the quality food at shops.

Food safety teams sealed one food outlet in Faisalabad and Bahawalpur each, eight food businesses in Gujranwala division, six in Sargodha, four in Multan and six in Rawalpindi and three in DG Khan. Elsewhere, PFA has also penalised 135 food business operators over multiple food hygiene issues including Rs351500 fine was imposed on 61 food businesses in Gujranwala, Rs146000 fine on 24 in Sargodha, Rs40000 fine on 5 in Multan, Rs185300 fine on 19 shops in Rawalpindi, Rs45000 fine on 11 in Sahiwal, Rs43500 fine on 6 eateries in Faisalabad, Rs13500 fine on 6 in Bahawalpur and Rs8000 fine in Kasur.

Teams also discarded 137litre energy drinks, 24500 sachets of gutka, 440kg adulterated spices, 600kg non-food grade colour, 1100 litres chemical contaminated milk, 150kg rancid oil, 75litres skimmed milk, 250kg snacks, Chinese salt, more than 100kg sweets and many other food products. PFA has imposed fine and sealed shops over failure to meet food standards, poor food hygiene issues and did not comply with PFA instructions. PFA has served warning notices on hundreds of food points during operation.

Separately, the Additional Director General (operations) Punjab Food Authority Rafia Haider has appreciated the special food safety teams for ensuring the quality of food at cooking centers and free food stalls during the three-day Urs celebration of Madhu Lal Hussain.

Special teams were deputed to ensure the quality of food on the eve of Urs despite of having public holidays. Rafia Haider said that teams have discarded huge quantity of substandard and stale quality food (like sweets, haleem) on the spot during the inspection the food quality on free food stalls in three days.

She further said that PFA is also respecting the instructions of other department and in this connection, special female staff was deputed for food checking after declaring last day for women from authority. Next year only authorized and license holder food catering companies will allow for providing food on Urs celebrations, she mentioned.

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Three children die after taking toxic toffees in Manawan

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LAHORE: Three children died after taking toxic toffees or sweets in the Manwawan area on Monday. Police said three children ate toffees or sweets after purchasing them from a local tuck shop in Manawan. The condition of the children including Tayyeb, Haseeb and Alishba deteriorated after eating them and they died.

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Even if tuck shop have junk food ,you can still choose some healthy food like sandwichs,fishballs,biscuts...etc

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Here is a example of a healthy tuck shop.

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For a number of years now the school has run a healthy tuck shop, with the generous help of parent volunteers and a rota of Year Six children. It operates during morning break on a Monday and Friday and is available to all children. There are a range of healthy snacks including raisins, Fruit Yo-yo's and Organix snacks.

In order to purchase these snacks your child will need a tuck shop card. These cost two pounds. There will be ten boxes on the card worth 20 pence each. Some products cost 20p and some 40p. The cards are kept at school and the appropriate number of boxes will be crossed off each time your child purchases something. When the total amount on the card has been spent it will be returned to the child to take home, so that parents are aware a replacement is needed. To buy a card parents should hand £2 into the office, in a clearly labelled envelope with the child's name and class on it. These are then updated on a weekly basis.

It would be very helpful if you could explain to your child that they can only purchase items if they have a card. Every now and again it may be possible that money has been handed in, but the cards have not yet been updated. It will be explained to the child that they should come back the next time, when hopefully the card will be there. We appreciate not all parents will want their children to purchase tuck shop items, and it would help us greatly if your child could be aware when and if they have a card.

The healthy tuck shop is very popular with the children and we appreciate your continued custom and support.

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School Healthy Tuck Shop - Bathampton Primary School

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For a number of years now the school has run a healthy tuck shop, with the generous help of parent volunteers and a rota of Year Six children. It operates during morning break on a Monday and Friday and is available to all children. There are a range of healthy snacks including raisins, Fruit Yo-yo's...

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Students  can buy healthy food  from the tuck shop

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1.The news that say a girl is die by a fish ball,but if the girl eat it slowly or don't run,she will not die by a fish ball,so the school can have a tuck shop for student,and they can cut the fish ball in to half,then

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1.The news that say a girl is die by a fish ball,but if the girl eat it slowly or don't run,she will not die by a fish ball,so the school can have a tuck shop for student,and they can cut the fish ball in to half,then

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Girl, 8, dies after choking on fishball at Yuen Long school

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Doctor told girl's father his daughter suffered a reduced supply of oxygen to her brain for 22 minutes after choking on the snack in the playground

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evidence that why junk food hurt our body as many tuck shop sell only junk food.

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Chime in on the debate over junk food in schools. Find positive and negative arguments for supporting or denying junk food in schools.

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This link can help the tuck shop to be a healthy tuck shop

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children will waste their money because a study shows that most of the food sold in tuck shops are more expensive than that in supermarket

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maybe the student use all the money to buy snacks and ask their parents to get the pocket money then buy the snacks again.
And eat overweight then get sick and need to see the doctor.

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If schools have tuck shops students can learn to use money wisely and not spending it for useless things or junk foods.Also students can learn to save money by themselves to buy food in the tuck shops at school.Also students will know the food in nowadays is very expensive and start to treasure foods.

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I don't think primary school should have tuck shop because the food to the primary school student is too unhealthy and the student won't know the ingredients of the food that sell in the tuck shop , if they buy the food that have the ingredient that will let them aillegan .It wiil make them feel sick

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​ By: Suanne Kowal-Connelly, MD, FAAP

Have you ever wondered why it's so difficult to get kids to eat their vegetables? Not wanting to eat broccoli is rooted in a great deal of more complicated issues than just not liking green food. How we come to like certain foods is associated with many factors and is referred to as food preferences.

How Food Preferences Are Developed:

In the first 2 years of life-when learning is constantly taking place-food preferences are also forming. Most are learned, but some are innate. A child's food preferences directly affect eating behavior, which in turn is linked to overall health, wellness, and the formation of obesity.

For years now, the food and beverage industry has used this knowledge to their advantage and encourages the development of unhealthy food preferences in children of all ages through various marketing and advertising techniques.

The Food and Beverage Industry's Role in the Formation of Food Preferences:

How often have you seen a food advertisement for broccoli? Healthy foods are advertised less than 3% of the time in comparison to their counterparts. This has a direct impact on children's food preferences-considering food and beverage companies spend $2 billion dollars a year on food marketing campaigns directed at children.

The fast food industry spends nearly 5 million dollars a day marketing products high in sugar, fat and salt, while also suggesting portion sizes grossly disproportionate to a child's energy needs. Increasingly, fast food companies are also using toy tie-ins with major children's motion pictures to try to attract young people. Remarkably, studies demonstrate that even very young children exposed to persuasive ads can develop food cravings for unhealthy foods that they have never even tasted!

This has a direct consequence on the formation of potentially lifelong, unhealthy food preferences associated with the development of obesity and all that comes with it. Although food preferences can be unlearned, this is often a monumental task as we age.

Regulation-or lack thereof

The marketing of food to children on media is unregulated in the U.S. Instead, major food and beverage manufacturers have voluntarily pledged to limit child-directed marketing of unhealthy foods as part of the Children's Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative. However, independent research groups have highlighted several limitations of that program, and young children remain highly exposed to advertisements for foods and beverages that may contribute to unhealthy food preferences.

The Problem with Baby and Toddler Snacks:

Reducing sodium and sugar intake early on can help set taste preferences and help children make healthy food choices later in life. However, a report from the UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity found only 4 out of 80 baby and toddler snacks met nutritious standards. In addition, 50% of baby food snacks and 83% of toddler food snacks contained added sweeteners.

Parents need to look carefully at nutrition labels when selecting commercial toddler foods and infant or toddler snacks, desserts, and juice drinks. Choose products lower in added sugar and sodium. Get tips here for taming your child's sweet tooth in a world of sugary treats.

The Problem Continues as Children Grow:

Older children are bombarded with ad campaigns through every existing marketing vehicle. Walk through any supermarket and notice where the children's cereal is located. It invariably sits enticingly at a child's eye level. Point-of-sale placement of candies and sweets are another well-thought-out marketing tactic.

Food marketing and media use

Children are also exposed to countless ads on TV, streaming services, through video games, social media, and most internet websites. This is one of many important reasons why the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that screen time be avoided from birth to 18 months (except for video chatting with loved ones). Here's why. Parents of children 18 to 24 months of age who want to introduce digital media should choose high-quality programming/apps and co-watch limited amounts together. For children 2 to 5, media limits are very appropriate and should be limited to 1 hour or less per day of high-quality programming. The AAP screen time guidelines also emphasize the role that media can play in disrupting healthy eating habits, such as when media is on during family mealtimes. Create a family media plan that includes screen-free zones, like the dinner table.

And what about celebrity endorsements? A study in the July 2016 Pediatrics examined the food industry's use of music celebrities to endorse sugary soft drinks and nutrient-poor foods through multi-million-dollar campaigns. Results also showed these celebrities are highly popular among teenage audiences-considering adolescents ages 12 to 18 report spending almost 2 hours listening to music each day!

Food marketing in schools

Advertising, serving, and promoting unhealthy foods continues to occur in schools across the US. Many groups are actively pursuing innovative methods of enhancing food literacy for children and their families, which include improving food choices, as well as learning how to grow, cook and properly identify healthy foods.

The AAP policy statement, Snacks, Sweetened Beverages, Added Sugars, and Schools, explains the three categories of foods and beverages kids eat at school and where there is opportunity for parents, pediatricians, and students to raise awareness about the importance of healthy choices. It's understandable given the food preferences they have become accustomed to-and they are generally less expensive than healthier alternatives.

A study published in the August 2016 issue of Pediatrics suggests that marketing tactics, often blamed for popularizing nutritionally poor foods, can also lead more kids to select vegetables at lunchtime. Elementary school students were offered vegetables in their cafeteria from a large salad bar. In some schools, the salad bar was decorated with banners showing cartoon characters gaining "superhuman" powers by eating the salad bar veggies. Other schools showed the same scenario on a TV monitor set up nearby. Some schools used both the banners and the monitor to entice the kids. The control group had just the plain table of fresh veggies. In the group with the monitor and the banner, 3 times the vegetables were chosen. When either the banner or monitor was used, twice the healthy foods were taken as compared to the control group. Clearly, advertising can be manipulated to present messages of value capable of impacting the development of healthy food preferences and behaviors.

What Parents Can Do:

Parents need to be well-informed about the potential negative health consequences of most current food marketing practices. This information can help them plan accordingly in reference to media exposure and the introduction of unhealthy foods in their child's diet.

If you're not satisfied with the choices available in your child's school cafeteria, get involved in your school's parent-teacher organization and brainstorm some healthful alternatives, as parents and teachers all over the country are doing.

Additional Information & Resources:

About Dr. Kowal-Connelly:

Suanne Kowal-Connelly, MD, FAAP is a pediatrician with 30 years group practice experience and is a voluntary faculty staff physician at Nassau University Medical Center mentoring residents. She also cares for private patients at the Long Island Federally Qualified Health Centers (LIFQHC) in Nassau County. Within the American Academy of Pediatrics, she sits on the Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness, the Council on School Health, and the Section on Obesity. Dr. Kowal-Connelly is a USAT (USA Triathlon) Level I Certified Coach and a USAT Youth & Jr. Coach. She is also founder of www.Healt​hPoweredByYou.com, where families and organizations can learn strategies for successful lifelong health and wellness and read her blog. She is also the very proud mother of three grown sons. Follow her on Twitter @healthpby.

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How Children Develop Unhealthy Food Preferences

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​ By: Suanne Kowal-Connelly, MD, FAAP Have you ever wondered why it's so difficult to get kids to eat their vegetables? Not wanting to eat broccoli is rooted in a great deal of more complicated issues than just not liking green food.

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there are many bad things about tuck shops

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Junk food can be appealing for a variety of reasons, including convenience, price and taste. For children, who do not always understand the health consequences of their eating habits, junk food may appear especially appetizing.

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A healthy school tuck shop can help the students at school .

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Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of a healthy school tuck shop program, developed as a way of creating a healthy and nutritional school environment, on students' access to healthy foods. Five middle schools and four high schools (775 students) participated in the healthy school tuck shop program, and nine schools (1,282 students) were selected as the control group. The intervention program included restriction of unhealthy foods sold in tuck shops, provision of various fruits, and indirect nutritional education with promotion of healthy food products. The program evaluation involved the examination of students' purchase and intake patterns of healthy foods, satisfaction with the available foodstuffs, and utilization of and satisfaction with nutritional educational resources. Our results indicated that among of the students who utilized the tuck shop, about 40% purchased fruit products, showing that availability of healthy foods in the tuck shop increased the accessibility of healthy foods for students. Overall food purchase and intake patterns did not significantly change during the intervention period. However, students from the intervention schools reported higher satisfaction with the healthy food products sold in the tuck shop than did those from the control schools (all P < 0.001), and they were highly satisfied with the educational resources provided to them. In conclusion, the healthy school tuck shop program had a positive effect on the accessibility of healthy food. The findings suggest that a healthy school tuck shop may be an effective environmental strategy for promoting students' access to healthy foods.

Keywords: School tuck shop, healthy eating, intervention program, fruits and vegetables

Introduction

The rate of obesity in children and adolescents has increased dramatically worldwide over the past several decades, leading to increased attention to the role of schools in the promotion of healthier diets for children and adolescents [ 1- 3]. The school environment has a strong effect on students' food choices and dietary behaviors [ 4- 9]. Among several environmental factors, the availability and accessibility of foods low in nutritional content were found to be key issues contributing to poor dietary habits during school hours [ 5, 10, 11]. Foods high in added sugars, fat, calories or sodium are commonly sold in school vending machines, tuck shops and other school locations, creating an environment in which students can easily consume unhealthy foods [ 12, 13]. Thus, in recent years, several environmental interventions have been conducted in schools to increase the availability and accessibility of healthy foods, such as fruit and vegetables. The results of these interventions indicate that increasing the availability and accessibility of healthy foods can lead to an effective change in intake [ 5, 14].

A change in the eating environment of school tuck shops has been proposed as one strategy to improve the nutritional environment at school [ 15- 23]. The school tuck shop is an opportunity for students who spend as much time at school as in any other environment to increase their nutrient intake and complement other meals. School tuck shops can also be places for children and adolescents to practice healthy eating behaviors that they have been taught in the classroom. Recently, school tuck shops have focused on promoting healthy foods such as fruits and vegetables [ 20, 22, 23] because of the beneficial effects of these foods in controlling obesity, which is a serious public health problem. Although the environment of school tuck shops may be an important factor in determining students' eating behaviors, its effect on students' eating behaviors has rarely been studied.

In Korea, tuck shops are located in many middle and high schools, but they are not under the schools' supervision and are usually operated by a private retailer. School tuck shops frequently have low standards of food safety and quality, facilities, and sanitation. In addition, most of the food sold to students by tuck shops, such as high calorie snacks, breads, and sweets, is unhealthy [ 24]. Thus, in recent years, researchers have sought to change the environment of school tuck shops by focusing interventions on increasing the availability and accessibility of healthy foods by means of the Healthy School Tuck Shop Program. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of this program on the accessibility of healthy foods to students through improved provision of healthy foods.

Subjects and Methods

Study schools and subjects

Middle and high schools in Seoul with an existing tuck shop were invited to participate in the healthy school tuck shop program. A total of nine schools (five middle schools and four high schools) participated in the intervention. Another nine schools that were matched with regard to geographic location and type of school were selected as the control group. Two classrooms from each grade level were randomly selected to complete baseline and post-intervention surveys in both intervention and control schools. All students provided informed consent, and this study was approved by the ethical review board at Hanyang University.

A total of 3,335 students (1,772 from intervention schools; 1,563 from control schools) completed the surveys at baseline. At the end of the intervention, a total of 2,873 students (1,362 from the intervention schools and 1,511 from the control schools) again completed surveys. Data from students who did not complete both the baseline (September, 2009) and post-intervention surveys (December, 2009) were excluded from analyses. Thus, 2,057 subjects (775 from the intervention schools and 1,282 from the control schools) were included in the final analysis. The characteristics of schools and students are shown in . Five middle schools and seven private schools (four girls' schools and three co-ed schools) participated in the healthy school tuck shop program. The sample of students in the intervention schools consisted of 67.7% middle school students, and 42.6% boys. The proportions of middle school students and boys were lower in the intervention schools than in the control schools.

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Components of the healthy school tuck shop program intervention

The intervention program was conducted for four to ten weeks, depending on the school situation, from the last week of September to the first week of December. The program included three components; Improving the availability of healthy food in the school tuck shops, Increasing accessibility to healthy food, Evaluation of the school tuck shop program ().

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Improving the availability of healthy food in the school tuck shops

In order to improve the availability of healthy food in the school tuck shops, a variety of fruits such as bananas, apples, tangerines, tomatoes and grapes were provided by certified fruit suppliers affiliated with the Seoul Agricultural and Marine Products Corporation. According to a previous healthy tuck shop pilot study, the high price of fruit is a key barrier to the purchase of fresh fruit [ 24]. Therefore, backed by financial support from the fruit suppliers, fruit was provided to the healthy school tuck shops at a price lower than the prevailing market price. Fruit delivered to the tuck shops typically sold within two to three days.

Conversely, high-calorie foods with low nutritional value were restricted. Prior to the intervention, the food sold in school tuck shops, such as calorically dense snacks, buns and pastries, sweets and high-sugar drinks, was inexpensive and low in nutritional value [ 24]. The products sold in the school tuck shops were reviewed, and alternatives were provided in accordance with the nutritional standards of Article 8 of the Special Act on Safe Food for Children [ 25].

Increasing accessibility to healthy food

As a strategy for encouraging students to make healthy food choices, indirect nutritional education was provided using various educational resources. Leaflets, brochures and newsletters about "color foods" (i.e., fruits and vegetables), healthy eating, food safety and general health information were regularly provided. Health and nutritional information was also displayed on an electronic display panel at the school tuck shop. We also developed a healthy school tuck shop website to communicate with students and to provide information about health and healthy eating behaviors.

In addition, a number of other methods were employed to promote healthy food consumption. Fruit, for example, was displayed attractively in a refrigerated display case by the front counter where it could be easily seen. An opening ceremony for the healthy school tuck shop was held, and free fruit was provided to teachers, students and parents. Some schools had fruit week specials during which they discounted the prices. Free fruit was also given as an incentive to students who participated in a leaflet quiz or other events through the healthy school tuck shop website.

Evaluation of the school tuck shop program

The effects of the school tuck shop program were assessed across four variables, related to accessibility to healthy food [ 6, 14, 26, 27]: 1) satisfaction with the healthy food products sold in the healthy school tuck shop, 2) the purchase pattern of food products including fruits, 3) the food intake pattern, and 4) the extent of utilization of, and satisfaction with, nutritional education resources. Satisfaction with healthy food products, and patterns of food intake, were evaluated by comparing the extents of the changes in the subjects in the intervention schools with those in the control schools over the intervention period, as well as the differences pre- and post-intervention within each school (intervention and control schools). The purchase pattern of food products was evaluated by comparing the changes between fruit buyers and non-buyers in the intervention schools and differences between post- and pre-intervention within each group (fruit buyers and non-buyers).

Satisfaction with food products was evaluated using a questionnaire with items rated on a five-point Likert scale ranging from "very dissatisfied" to "very satisfied." The items included an assessment of the price, variety of products, credibility of the tuck shop, and health- and environmental-friendliness of the tuck shops.

The patterns of purchase and food consumption were assessed by the proportion of each food purchase or intake frequency to total food purchase or intake frequency using a short food frequency questionnaire. The questionnaire asked students to report the types of foods they purchased from the tuck shop and how often they consumed them. Foods listed in the questionnaire were snacks frequently sold in school tuck shops, as determined by our previous pilot study [ 24]. Such food items included confectionary, buns and pastries, candy and chocolate, ice cream, fruits, vegetables such as salads, milk, chocolate or strawberry flavored milk, soy milk, yogurt, coffee, soft drinks, sports drinks and nuts.

The extent of utilization, and overall satisfaction with, the nutritional education resources were measured in two areas: 1) content of the materials (usefulness, understanding, importance, interest, credibility) and 2) technical aspects of the materials (accessibility, graphics and design format). Students responded using a five-point Likert scale.

Statistical analysis

The chi-squared test was used to examine differences in the use of the school tuck shop, and the purchase frequency of fruit by gender among the intervention schools. The differences between intervention and control schools, buyers and non-buyers of fruit, and pre- and post-intervention time points within each group were assessed using a general linear model across three outcome variables: food intake frequency, frequency of tuck shop purchases, and satisfaction scores for the tuck shop food products.

An overall satisfaction score for nutritional education resources was calculated by summing the moderate, satisfied and very satisfied responses. The percentage of overall satisfaction scores was calculated to reflect the proportion of students who rated the resources at an adequate level of satisfaction. All statistical tests were performed using SAS version 9.1 (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA), and results were considered significant at the P < 0.05 threshold.

Results

shows the proportions of students using the school tuck shop and buying fruit among students in intervention schools. Most of the students in the intervention schools were aware of the sale of fruit (95.2%) and used the school tuck shop during the intervention period (83.6%). Of the students who used the school tuck shop (n = 643), 40.7% purchased fruit. The proportion of girls who purchased fruit (45.1%) was significantly higher than that of boys (32.7%) ( P = 0.0023). The students seemed to more often purchase 500 won worth of fruit (55.7%) than 1,000 won worth of fruit (43.1%). Regarding the purchase frequencies of fruits, 33.5% and 20.7% purchased 500 won and 1,000 won worth of fruit twice a week, and 15.1% and 14.5% purchased those fruits three and more than three times per week, respectively. The results were not significantly different between genders.

Table 3

The extents of satisfaction with products sold in the healthy school tuck shop are shown in . Compared to preintervention, the intervention group reported an increase in satisfaction scores, but the control group did not ( P < 0.0001 intervention vs control). Among the evaluated items, environmental friendliness achieved the highest increase in satisfaction score and health friendliness the second-highest. The control group reported decreased satisfaction with credibility. The results were not different between genders.

Table 4

displays the purchase frequency of each of the food products as a proportion of the purchase frequency of all products comparing buyers and non-buyers of fruit, and pre- and post-intervention time points within groups among users of the healthy tuck shop in the intervention schools. Generally, fruit buyers did not have a different pattern of purchase of other food products from non-buyers. During the intervention period, the purchase frequency of ice cream and sports drinks significantly decreased for both fruit buyers and non-buyers ( P < 0.05), and the purchase frequency of ice cream decreased more in non-buyers of fruit than buyers of fruit ( P = 0.001). The purchase frequency of candy/chocolate and soy milk increased during the intervention period among both fruit buyers and non-buyers ( P < 0.05). The purchase frequency of confectionary increased significantly during the intervention period among non-buyers of fruit, but not among buyers of fruit. The results were similar for boys and girls.

Table 5

Regarding confectionary, non-buyers of fruit had a significant increase in proportion of the purchase frequency during the intervention period, but buyers of fruit did not. Both boys and girls had a similar pattern of the results.

In order to examine the effect of the healthy school tuck shop program on food intake, we compared the change during the intervention period in proportion of each food intake frequency to total food intake frequency between intervention and control schools (). We detected a significant decrease during the intervention period for ice cream, milk and yogurt in both intervention and control schools, and for soft drinks and sports drinks in control schools only ( P < 0.05). The proportions of confectionary, buns and pastries, candy/chocolate, fruit, and vegetables such as salad and soy milk increased significantly during the intervention period in both intervention and control schools ( P < 0.05). A significant difference in change in proportion of food intake frequency between intervention and control schools was only shown for ice cream ( P = 0.04). Boys and girls did not much differ with regard to these results.

Table 6

shows the extent of use of and satisfaction with the nutritional education resources. Among these, the brochure/newsletter was the most frequently used resource: 43.7% of students reported using it, 15.5% the leaflet, 26.8% the tuck shop's electronic display and 5.2% the website. More than two-thirds of students reported that they were satisfied with all of the resources. More students were satisfied with the interest afforded by these resources than by the other areas of satisfaction assessed. Conversely relatively fewer students were satisfied with 'understanding' compared to the other parameters. The proportion satisfied with the website was higher than with the other media in all areas assessed except for interest. However, the proportion satisfied with the accessibility of the website was the lowest among the educational resources.

Table 7

Discussion

In recent years, increased attention has been paid to developing healthy school tuck shop programs as a way of creating a healthier school nutritional environment, yet few studies have examined the effects of such programs on children's eating behaviors. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of the healthy school tuck shop program on students' access to healthy foods. Among students who used the healthy tuck shop, about 40% purchased fruit products, showing that the availability of healthy foods in a tuck shop increased students' access to healthy foods. However, overall intake patterns of healthy foods were not significantly improved during the intervention period. Students were highly satisfied with the healthy food products sold in the tuck shop and the education resources provided to them.

As more research has focused on the development of successful strategies for changing eating behaviors in children and adolescents, increased attention has been paid to the effects of the school setting on food choices, and on educational techniques to increase individual knowledge and awareness of healthy eating [ 3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 26, 28, 29]. Many studies have reported that the availability of healthy food, promotion and advertising of healthy eating behaviors, and the availability of educational resources, are effective strategies to improve the accessibility of healthy food and thus increase their consumption [ 11, 12, 30- 33]. Previous intervention programs for healthy eating in schools have focused mostly on changing school meals or food service programs through the school cafeteria or vending machines [ 5]. Although existing interventions have included changes in school tuck shops [ 15- 23], few studies have asked whether these are effective in changing students' eating behaviors. One recent study examined the effect of a school fruit tuck shop on children's food consumption and found that it did not significantly alter the children's intake of fruit or other snacks, even though children did report that they often ate fruit as a snack at school [ 23]. We also examined school tuck shops as a means of increasing students' healthy food intake by improving access to healthy foods. We restricted unhealthy snacks and provided healthier ones, specifically fruit, at low prices. We also actively promoted the consumption of fruit by a variety of means and provided educational resources to support healthy choices.

This study showed that increased availability of healthy foods such as fruit did not lead to an increase in consumption of such foods. However there were significant changes in the purchase and consumption of ice cream during the period of the intervention: consumption of ice cream decreased more among the non-buyers of fruit and among students in the control schools than among the fruit buyers in the intervention schools, respectively. This may be explained by the fact that the students in these two groups consumed more ice cream prior to the period of the intervention.

During the intervention period, non-buyers of fruit significantly increased their frequency of purchasing confectionary relative to their frequency of purchasing all items, whereas fruit buyers did not. This implies that increasing the availability of healthy foods can change the pattern of food choice. Several studies have reported that increased fruit and vegetable consumption can lead to a reduction in unhealthy snack consumption [ 14, 34]. These findings demonstrate that effective promotion of healthy foods may have positive impacts in addition to simply decreasing access to unhealthy foods.

According to a recent review of school-based nutrition education programs, easy access to, and use of, suitable educational resources are important components successful interventions [ 35- 39]. Increased nutritional knowledge can influence access to healthy foods and thus lead to their increased consumption. In this study, use of the resources by students was not high, but students who used the resources were very satisfied with them. The development of strategies to encourage student access to, and use of, nutritional education resources is needed.

While this study failed to demonstrate any overall change in students' food intake and purchase patterns during the intervention period, this may have been due to limitations of its methodology. Firstly, the intervention period may have been too short to adequately change students' ingrained eating habits. The majority of the schools participated in the intervention for only one to two months. Additionally, the tuck shops were closed during the mid-term and final exam periods. Secondly, the intervention targeted typical users of the school tuck shop. Students who did not use the tuck shop were not exposed to the intervention, although they may have been included in the assessment because they attended schools belonging to the intervention group. Third, the nutritional education did not include all the students in the intervention schools. In addition, this education was partly provided in the form of health and nutritional educational resources. Consequently, in order to examine the impact of the intervention on changes in food consumption, follow-up of the program with more active nutritional education is required to more accurately assess its long-term effects.

In conclusion, when fruit products were provided in the school tuck shop, they were purchased by a considerable proportion of the students who used the tuck shop implying that the availability of healthy foods such as fruit in the tuck shop leads to an increase in the accessibility of healthy foods among the students. However, there was no significant change in students' overall patterns of food purchase and intake during the short intervention period. These findings indicate that a healthy school tuck shop could be part of an environmental strategy to increase healthy food choices among the young but it should be consistently operated and supported to have a long-term impact.

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The effect of a healthy school tuck shop program on the access of students to healthy foods

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Using the school canteen

You might like to let your child eat lunch from the school canteen once a week or fortnight, or on special occasions.

If your child enjoys an occasional canteen lunch, it's a good idea to talk with your child about which canteen foods and drinks are healthy and which aren't. You can also help him choose the healthiest food on the menu.

Giving your child a healthy breakfast and packing a healthy lunch are the best ways to make sure your child has the energy she needs to get through a busy school day. Packing your child's lunch can also save you money.

Choosing healthy food from the canteen

Here are some healthy canteen options and ideas. If they're available at your school canteen, these are the options to go for.

Sandwiches, rolls and wraps
Encourage your child to choose a multigrain, wholemeal or high-fibre white sandwich, roll or wrap, with filling that includes salad and lean chicken or beef, fish, eggs or lentil patties.

Cold food
Your canteen might serve fresh salads, sushi or rice paper rolls - yum!

Hot food
Here are some healthy hot food options:

fresh soups with wholemeal bread rolls on the side

pasta or lasagne with fresh tomato, bolognaise or vegetable-based sauce

lentil and vegetable hotpot

vegetable, chicken or beef curry with rice

rice or noodles with lean meat and vegetables.

Snacks
If your child wants to get a snack from the canteen, encourage him to choose options like these:

fruit salads or whole fruit

reduced-fat yoghurt and fruit

air-popped popcorn (not cooked in oil)

reduced-fat cheese with pita or wholemeal crackers

vegetable sticks with dip

boiled eggs

raisin or fruit bread.

It's a good idea to pack a bottle with tap water for your child to drink and refill throughout the day. This is always healthier and cheaper than buying drinks from the canteen. But if your child wants to buy a drink at the canteen, encourage her to choose water or reduced-fat milk and soy drinks.

If you have a healthy food environment at home, it helps your child learn about making better choices when eating away from home.

Unhealthy canteen food and drinks

Foods with high amounts of sugar, saturated fat and salt aren't healthy for your child.

These foods give your child a short energy boost that can leave him feeling tired for the rest of the day. They can also lead to unhealthy weight gain if your child eats too much of them.

Here are 'sometimes' foods that are best kept for lunch orders on special occasions:

all deep-fried foods, including chips, chicken nuggets and dim sims

hot pastries like sausage rolls and pies

cakes, slices and sweet breads like donuts

chocolates, lollies and chips

soft drinks, cordial, flavoured mineral water, sports waters, sports drinks, energy drinks, sweetened waters, flavoured milks, iced tea, breakfast drinks and fruit juice

coffee drinks - mocha, latte, cappuccino and so on - and coffee-flavoured milk drinks.

Vending machines at school
Schools sometimes use vending machines to provide food and drinks. Food stocked in vending machines is often unhealthy - for example, soft drinks, lollies, chips and chocolate bars.

Why not send your child to school with an extra piece of fruit or some yoghurt instead? This might reduce the temptation to buy snacks from the vending machine. Or you might like to look at the food in the vending machine with your child and see whether there are any healthy options.

School canteen nutrition policy

Many school canteens have a nutrition policy.

Some schools have developed their policies based on the 2010 National Healthy School Canteens Guidelines, and others base their policies on their state nutrition guidelines for school canteens.

If you're concerned about the nutritional quality of the food sold at your child's tuckshop, you could ask your school about its canteen policy.

Safe foods at school canteens

All school canteens must follow careful food preparation procedures. Canteen providers must take proper steps to make sure foods are safe for children to eat.

Let your child know that when she buys food from the canteen, she should eat it straight away or put it in the fridge if there is one. These steps also help your child avoid food poisoning.

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You might like to let your child eat lunch from the school canteen once a week or fortnight, or on special occasions. If your child enjoys an occasional canteen lunch, it's a good idea to talk with your child about which canteen foods and drinks are healthy and which aren't.

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many of the food they sell in the tuck shop are dangerous to small children cause they are too big and fat for example fishball and siu mai

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many of the food they sell in the tuck shop are dangerous to small children cause they are too big and fat for example fishball and siu mai

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a girl died because the fishball she eat is too big a few months ago

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Students forget to bring food to school,so the need to go to the tuck shop to buy

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They might be sick as the food are dirty.

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Children will use a lot of money to buy the food If there is a tuck shop.

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if children don't eat breakfast, they cant focus on class

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if children don't eat breakfast, they cant focus on class

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student didn't eat food at home,so they go to the tuck shop to buy the food to eat.

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Maybe the snacks buy at  supermarket  is  cheaper than buy at tuck shop

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Food are very unhealthy ,made students overweight

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Food are very unhealthy ,made students overweight

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Food and drinks which sold at tuck shop maybe healthy  food but students like junk food more  as they're tasty but it cause health problems 

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Food and drinks which sold at tuck shop maybe healthy  food but students like junk food more  as they're tasty but it cause health problems 

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It sells too unhealthy food which make

students cause lots of health problems

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Students who forget to bring food for recess can buy food in the tuck shop.

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I think we can eat snacks at recess and we can buy it from tuck shop

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Students may spend a lot of money in the tuck shop.

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The food that in the the tunk shop is more expensive Han the one that we buy in our the supermarket

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Some students don’t eat breakfast at home,so they can buy breakfast in school 

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Some students don’t eat breakfast at home,so they can buy breakfast in school 

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The food in the tuck shops is too expensive.

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Bring the food by the student will cheaper and healthier.

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Because that will waste a lot of money

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Students may not eat breakfast

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A lot of students get over weight because of eating too much food at food tucks

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A lot of students get over weight because of eating too much food at food tucks

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Food are healthy

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Because the food in the tuck shops will be not healthy for student .

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It’s good for us

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About all of the food in the tuck shop are not healthy for students,if the students eat many of them, they will be overweight easily.

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Because the food that sell in the tuck shop is delicious so the children will not eat the food that their parents perpare for them but the food that in the tunk food is unhealthy.

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The food in the tuck shop is too expensive for the student

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Many students didn’t have breakfast at home and they need to buy a breakfast in the tuck shop.

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Students may forget to bring snacks to school. Tuck shops help them

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Students may not eat breakfast yet, tuck shops help them

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Everyone says the junk food are unhealthy,but actually not ,for example sugar and salt are vital to one's health.They provide strength and resistance.

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Everyone says the junk food are unhealthy,but actually not ,for example sugar and salt are vital to one's health.They provide strength and resistance.