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October 27, 2017Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition

Impact of a multicomponent, school-based nutrition intervention on students’ lunchtime fruit and vegetable availability and intake: A pilot study evaluating the Shaping Healthy Choices Program

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JTJennifer TaylorSZSheri Zidenberg‐CherrJLJessica D. Linnell

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Randomized trial finds increased vegetable intake and variety in elementary students, suggesting garden-enhanced nutrition education promotes healthier school lunch choices.

Key Points

  • To evaluate the impact of a multicomponent school nutrition intervention combining garden education, community partnerships, and cafeteria produce enhancements on elementary students' lunchtime fruit and vegetable intake.
  • Two elementary schools in Northern California were randomly assigned to an intervention or control group.
  • Dietary intake and availability of fruits and vegetables were measured among fourth-grade students with complete data for fruit (n = 111) and vegetable (n = 112) outcomes.
  • The intervention school demonstrated significantly greater increases in vegetable consumption, produce expenditures, and vegetable variety compared to the control school (p < 0.01).
  • No significant differences were observed between intervention and control schools regarding fruit intake or availability outcomes.

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Taylor et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a73941dd3d4e530dbfb6dbdhttps://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2017.1374899
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