Dietary Psychosocial Mediators of Vegetable Intake in Schoolchildren From Low-Income and Racial and Ethnic Minority US Families: Findings From the Texas Sprouts Intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Numerous school-based interventions have used cooking and gardening approaches to improve dietary intake; however, research is limited on the mediation effect of dietary psychosocial factors on the link between the intervention and increased vegetable intake, particularly in children from low-income and racial and ethnic minority US families.

Objective

Our aim was to examine the effects of the Texas Sprouts intervention on dietary psychosocial factors related to intake of vegetables, and whether these psychosocial factors mediate the link between the intervention and increased intake of vegetables in schoolchildren from low-income and racial and ethnic minority US families.

Design

This was an analysis of data on secondary outcomes from the Texas Sprouts pro

SUBMITTER: Vandyousefi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10524147 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature