The impact of a school garden program on children's food literacy, climate change literacy, school motivation, and physical activity: A study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

FoodACT aims to investigate how school gardens affect children's food literacy (FL), climate change literacy (CCL), school motivation (SM), and physical activity (PA).

Design

It comprises a multimethod, quasi-experimental inquiry into an existing Danish school garden program, Gardens to Bellies (GtB). Data will be collected using surveys, accelerometry, semi-structured and focus-group interviews. The study is preregistered with ClinicalTrials.gov (#NCT05839080).

Setting

Six GtB school garden locations across Region Zealand and Region of Southern Denmark.

Participants

Fourth grade pupils attending GtB (approx. 1600) are recruited to the intervention group. Fourth grade pupils from schools not attending GtB (approx. 1600) are recruited to the control gr

SUBMITTER: Stage A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12021283 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature