A free-produce stand on campus: impact on fruit and vegetable intake in Dutch university students.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the effects of providing free fruit and snack vegetables at a university on students' fruit intake, snack vegetable intake and total vegetable intake.

Design

Free fruit and raw snack vegetables (e.g. bite-sized tomatoes) were provided in a stand in the form of a miniature wooden house located in the central hall of the university's main building, which students regularly pass through on their way to lectures and the cafeteria. Three interventions tested with a pre-test/post-test design were performed. In these three interventions, small changes to the appearance of the stand were made, such as placing potted plants around it. Demographic characteristics and fruit and vegetable intakes were assessed with questionnaires.

Setting

A Dutch universi

SUBMITTER: van den Bogerd N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10200674 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature