AUTHOR=Losasso Carmen , Cappa Veronica , Neuhouser Marian L. , Giaccone Valerio , Andrighetto Igino , Ricci Antonia TITLE=Students’ Consumption of Beverages and Snacks at School and Away from School: A Case Study in the North East of Italy JOURNAL=Frontiers in Nutrition VOLUME=2 YEAR=2015 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2015.00030 DOI=10.3389/fnut.2015.00030 ISSN=2296-861X ABSTRACT=
In North-East Italy (the Veneto region), several public school nutrition policies have been developed to reduce the consumption of high-caloric snacks and beverages. However, little is known about whether the policies actually influence students’ dietary behaviors. In order to address this point, a multi-center cross-sectional survey of 691 Italian students was conducted. Students completed the Beverage and Snack Questionnaire, which assesses the consumption of beverages and snacks at school and out of school. Three-level Poisson Models with random intercept with students (level 1 units) nested into classroom (level 2 units), and nested into schools (level 3 units), were used to examine the influence of the school setting vs. the out of school environment (independent variable) on students’ consumption of sweet beverages, snacks, milk-based beverages, low-carbohydrate drinks, fruit, and vegetables (dependent variable) (