Outcome evaluation of fruits and vegetables distribution interventions in schools: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Fruits and vegetables (FV) distribution interventions have been implemented as a public health strategy to increase children's intake of FV at school settings. The purpose of this review was to examine whether snack-based FV distribution interventions can improve school-aged children's consumption of FV.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis of articles published in English, in a peer-reviewed journals, were identified by searching six databases up to August 2020. Standardised mean differences (SMD) and 95 % CI were calculated using a random effects model. Heterogeneity was quantified using I2 statistics.

Setting

Population-based studies of interventions where the main focus was the effectiveness of distributed FV as snacks to schoolchildren in North Am

SUBMITTER: Ismail MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195380 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature