ABSTRACT
Numerous interventions aimed at reversing the childhood obesity epidemic have focused on schools. Schools are a logical place to intervene because children and adolescents spend at least one third of their annual waking hours in school, may consume as much as 50% of their daily calories at school, and are potentially exposed to numerous opportunities for physical activity through school [1]–[3]. However, schools do not currently provide students equal opportunities for healthy choices. Schools
have rapidly re-segregated since mandatory racial/ethnic desegregation laws were repealed in the early 1990s [4], [5]. This re-segregation likely has health implications as studies have demonstrated poorer nutritional and physical activity offerings in schools with high concentrations of racial/ethnic minority and low-income students [1], [3].
