A Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Improves High School Students' Consumption of Fresh Produce
| Autor: | Elaine M. Davis, Kathleen B. Watson, Karen W. Cullen, Melanie Konarik, John D. Radcliffe |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Program evaluation Adolescent Cross-sectional study Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena education Child Nutrition Sciences Health Promotion Overweight Reference Daily Intake Beverages Toxicology Food Preferences Group differences Vegetables Ethnicity medicine Humans Obesity Students Consumption (economics) Schools Nutrition and Dietetics Intervention school business.industry food and beverages Texas Diet Cross-Sectional Studies Logistic Models Case-Control Studies Fruit Female Fruit juice medicine.symptom business Program Evaluation Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 109:1227-1231 |
| ISSN: | 0002-8223 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jada.2009.04.017 |
| Popis: | Low fruit and vegetable intake may be associated with overweight. The United States Department of Agriculture implemented the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program in 2006-2007. One Houston-area high school was selected and received funding to provide baskets of fresh fruits and vegetables daily for each classroom during this period. This study assessed the impact of the program on students' fruit and vegetable intake. At program end (May 2007), fruit and vegetable intake surveys were distributed to students at the intervention school as well as at a comparison high school that did not receive the program. Surveys, which were completed anonymously, were received from 34% of intervention and 42% of comparison school students. The students were classified as to whether they met the recommended daily intake of fruit, 100% fruit juice, and vegetables. The probability of meeting the recommendations was assessed with logistic regression analyses, controlling for sex, age, and ethnicity. Compared with the comparison control school students, intervention school students were more likely to report eating fruit and drinking 100% fruit juice at least two times per day (39.3% vs 27.3%; P |
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