Effectiveness of a School-Based Culinary Programme on 9- and 10-Year-Old Children's Food Literacy and Vegetable, Fruit, and Breakfast Consumption.

ABSTRACT: School-based culinary courses may increase children's food literacy and improve their eating behaviours. This study assessed the impact of a school-based culinary programme on 9- and 10-year-old students' food literacy and vegetable, fruit, and breakfast consumption. This cluster quasi-experimental trial compared 88 grade 4 and 5 students who participated in the Apprenti en Action programme to 82 students who did not. Students' food literacy and eating behaviours were assessed with a self-administered questionnaire. The programme's impact on vegetable and fruit consumption, cooking skills, food skills, and food knowledge was measured using MANOVA, and the odds of eating breakfast at least five times per week were assessed with logistic regression. Students who participated in the pr

SUBMITTER: Labbe C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10057530 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature