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Survey of canteens and food services in Victorian schools Maddock, Bronwyn, Warren, Carol and Worsley, Anthony 2005, Survey of canteens and food services in Victorian schools, Nutrition and dietetics, vol. 62, no. 2-3, pp. 76-81. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads worsley-surveyofcanteens-2005.pdf Published version application/pdf 76.86KB 993 Title Survey of canteens and food services in Victorian schools Author(s) Maddock, Bronwyn Warren, Carol Worsley, Anthony Journal name Nutrition and dietetics Volume number 62 Issue number 2-3 Start page 76 End page 81 Publisher Dietitians Association of Australia Place of publication Deakin, A.C.T. Publication date 2005-09 ISSN 1446-6368 1747-0080 Keyword(s) Foods Nutrition School canteens Victoria Australia Summary Objective: To examine the characteristics of food services in Victorian government primary and secondary schools. Design and methods: A cross-sectional postal survey of all high schools and a random sample of one quarter of primary school respondents in Victoria. A `School Food Services and Canteen' questionnaire was administered by mail to the principal of each school. Subjects: Respondents included principals, canteen managers and home economics teachers from 150 primary and 208 secondary schools representing response rates of 48% and 67%, respectively. Main outcome measures: Responses to closed questions about school canteen operating procedures, staff satisfaction, food policies and desired additional services. Data analyses: Frequency and cross-tabulation analyses and associated χ²-tests. Results: Most schools provided food services at lunchtime and morning recess but one-third provided food before school. Over 40% outsourced their food services, one-third utilised volunteer parents, few involved students in canteen operations. Half of the secondary schools had vending machines; one in five had three or more. Secondary school respondents were more dissatisfied with the nutritional quality of the food service, and expressed more interest in additional services than primary respondents. Schools with food policies wanted more service assistance and used volunteer parents, student and paid canteen managers more than schools without policies. Conclusion: Most schools want to improve the nutritional quality of their food services, especially via school food policies. There is a major opportunity for professional organisations to advocate for the supply of healthier school foods. Notes Reproduced with the kind permission of the copyright owner. Language eng Field of Research 111199 Nutrition and Dietetics not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2005, Dietitians Association of Australia Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30003439 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 06 Jan 2009, 10:54:08 EST Thu, 04 Aug 2011, 10:26:42 EST Thu, 04 Aug 2011, 14:39:53 EST Filtered Full Access Statistics: 1728 Abstract Views, 993 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 08:53:12 EST

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