Children's School-Day Nutrient Intake in Ontario: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study Comparing Students' Packed Lunches from Two School Schedules.

This study compared the caloric and nutrient values of packed lunch contents and consumption in the Balanced School Day (BSD) (two 20 min eating periods) versus the Traditional Schedule (TS) (one 20 min lunch). Foods consumed during school were assessed by direct food observation in 321 grade 3 and 4 students, aged 7−10 years, at 9 BSD and 10 TS elementary schools in Ontario. Packed lunch contents in the BSD were significantly higher than the TS in energy (3128.

Asymptotic Properties of Linear Field Equations in Anti-de Sitter Space.

We study the global dynamics of the wave equation, Maxwell's equation and the linearized Bianchi equations on a fixed anti-de Sitter (AdS) background. Provided dissipative boundary conditions are imposed on the dynamical fields we prove uniform boundedness of the natural energy as well as both degenerate (near the AdS boundary) and non-degenerate integrated decay estimates. Remarkably, the non-degenerate estimates "lose a derivative".

Facilitating barriers: Contextual factors and self-management of type 2 diabetes in urban settings.

Urban environments create unique challenges for the management of type 2 diabetes (T2D). City living is associated with unhealthy occupational, nutritional, and physical activity patterns. However, it has also been linked to behaviours that promote health, such as walking and cycling for transportation.

Parental Reports of Lunch-Packing Behaviours Lack Accuracy: Reported Barriers and Facilitators to Packing School Lunches.

Purpose: Parents influence the foods their children consume and often provide proxy reports of this intake. One way parents exert this influence is by providing home-packed lunches. This study compared parental reports of foods packed in children's lunches with what was actually packed and identified parental barriers and facilitators to packing lunches.

Students' Food Intake from Home-Packed Lunches in the Traditional versus Balanced School Day.

Purpose: To assess the type and quantity of foods children brought and consumed at school in the balanced school day (BSD), with two 20-minute eating periods, versus the traditional schedule (TS), with one 20-minute lunch.

Methods: Direct observation identified food items and amounts in BSD and TS lunches of grade 3 and 4 students (n = 321).

Results: The mean (SD) servings of foods packed in BSD lunches were significantly higher than the TS lunches for milk and alternatives (0.