Date of Publication
1-20-2016
Abstract
Introduction: The prevalence of sugar sweetened beverages and fried foods combined with a lack of healthy children’s menu options has contributed to the obesity epidemic among young Americans. Recent legislation in New York City and San Francisco instituted strict nutritional requirements on children’s menu items.
We performed a cross-sectional study that focused on independently owned restaurants with printed children’s menus in Vermont. We investigated the nutritional content of children’s menu items, restaurant owner and manager perspectives on customer ordering habits, and barriers that restaurants would face if they made children’s menu items healthier.
Advisor(s)
Paula Tracy, PhD, University of Vermont College of Medicine
Tina Zuk, American Heart Association
Agency
American Heart Association of Vermont
Subjects
Heart Disease and Stroke, Nutrition and Weight Status, Health Communication and Health Information Technology
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 License
Recommended Citation
Lucas, Elisabeth; LoPiccolo, Mary K.; Haggerty, Lauren; Trivedi, Apoorva; Jacobson, Alex; Trigg, Daniel; Sommer, Taylor; Payne, Carolyn; Zuk, Tina; and Tracy, Paula, "Vermont Restaurant Owner & Manager Perspectives on Creating Heart-Healthy Kids Meals" (2016). Public Health Projects, 2008-present. 224.
https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/comphp_gallery/224