Implementing school nutrition policy: student and parent perspectives.

Purpose: We explored parent and student perceptions of barriers and facilitating factors influencing the implementation of school nutrition policies (SNPs). Specifically, we focused on the changes made to the school food environment and the acceptance of those changes.

Methods: This paper is a report on the first phase of the qualitative component of a larger five-year evaluation of nutrition policies in Prince Edward Island elementary schools (grades 1 to 6) and consolidated schools (grades 1 to 8).