Preordering School Lunches Could Lead to Healthier Choices

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Preordering School Lunches Could Lead to Healthier Choices

– Reported, May 08, 2013

(Ivanhoe Newswire) – Researchers at Cornell University have found that students who preorder their entrée for school meals make healthier choices.

A total of 272 students in 14 classrooms from two elementary schools in upstate New York were examined. They used an electronic system to preorder their lunch over a four week period. Andrew S. Hanks, PhD, and his colleagues found that students who preordered their entrée were 29.4 percent more likely to select the healthier option. The less healthy option was chosen 70.8 percent of the time by students who preordered, and students who ordered in the lunch line selected the less healthy entrée 85.7 percent of the time.

“Together, both consumption and selection data demonstrate how a simple environmental change—preordering—can prompt children to choose healthier food,” study authors were quoted as saying.

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