Food-related practices and beliefs of rural US elementary and middle school teachers.

CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that most rural teachers recognize that having a healthy school food environment is important, but are less aware of factors within the school that influence students' eating behaviors - including their own eating behaviors and classroom food practices - and, perhaps for this reason, many rural teachers engage in classroom practices and behaviors that do not promote healthy eating. Teacher training and expanded school policies that focus on teacher behavior may be needed to ensure a healthier rural school food environment. PMID: 27287617 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Rural and Remote Health - Category: Rural Health Tags: Rural Remote Health Source Type: research