@article{Grainger:14393,
      recid = {14393},
      author = {Grainger, Corbett and Senauer, Benjamin and Runge, C.  Ford},
      title = {Analyzing Health Innovations in a School Lunch Program},
      address = {2005},
      number = {1687-2016-137235},
      series = {Working Paper WP05-2},
      pages = {32},
      year = {2005},
      abstract = {Hopkins School District in Minnesota implemented an  innovative school feeding program, which provides  nutritionally sound foods that appeal to students.  With  access to a unique data set containing students' food  service purchases and demographic data from Hopkins High  School, we use logit models to analyze the impact of  different phases of the program on participation rates, as  well as the effect of demographic factors.  A relative  healthfulness index for the foods purchased is calculated  based on information provided by the school dietitian.   This index is used to analyze the impact of demographic  variables, student lunch expenditures, and program changes  on students' lunch consumption.  The results of the  econometric models indicate that the program innovations  have caused positive behavioral changes in most students  and that students are choosing healthier foods than under  the old program.  Moreover, we find that ethnicity and  gender play major roles in determining how students react  to the new program in Hopkins.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/14393},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.14393},
}