...Adrienne Vanessa Levay; Gwen E. Chapman; Barbara Seed Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the paradoxical resistance of parent and private school food vendors to the paternalistic nature of school food policies. It develops the hypothesis that resistance, on the basis of them being...

... Food system School feeding program School food In 2013, it was estimated that 42 million children under age 5 worldwide were overweight. The health risks that accompany excess weight (diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, cerebrovascular accidents and certain types of cancer...

..., and the relationship between environment and diet and weight outcomes in young people is not fully understood (de Vet et al., 2011). Such studies have recently been conducted for the built environment (Williams et al., 2012). Food environment Obesogenic environment School food School fringe...