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Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Intake among Children: Comparing Long-Term Effects of a Free Distribution and a Multicomponent Program
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- المؤلفون: Reinaerts, E.; Crutzen, R.; Candel, M.
- اللغة:
English
- المصدر:
Health Education Research. Dec 2008 23(6):987-996.
- الوصف المادي :
PDF
- الموضوع:
2008
- نوع التسجيلة:
Journal Articles
Reports - Research
- معلومة اضافية
- Peer Reviewed:
Y
- المصدر:
10
- Education Level:
Elementary Education
- الموضوع:
- الرقم المعرف:
10.1093/her/cyn027
- ISSN:
0268-1153
- نبذة مختصرة :
The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of two primary school-based interventions on children's fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption on the long term (2 years after the start of the interventions). Six primary schools were recruited and randomly assigned to (i) a daily free distribution program for the whole school or (ii) a multicomponent program consisting of a classroom curriculum and parental involvement (without free F&V), and six schools served as controls. Follow-up measurements were conducted at the end of the intervention (Follow-up I) and 1 year later (Follow-up II). Random coefficient analyses for longitudinal data showed that the effects of both interventions did not differ between the two follow-up measurements. The results showed similar effects for the free distribution program and the multicomponent program in increasing children's fruit consumption over time (respectively, 7.2 and 15.2 g day[superscript -1]). The distribution program also increased children's vegetable consumption over time (3.25 g day[superscript -1]), even after repeating the analyses using a pessimistic scenario. Despite the large dropout and its consequences for generalizability of our results, the distribution program is considered as the preferred intervention of the two, and implementation on a larger scale should be investigated.
- نبذة مختصرة :
As Provided
- الموضوع:
2011
- الرقم المعرف:
EJ907942
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