The effects of the HEALTHY study intervention on middle school student dietary intakes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The HEALTHY study was designed to respond to the alarming trends in increasing rates of overweight, obesity, and type 2 diabetes mellitus in youth. The objective of this analysis was to examine the effects of the HEALTHY study on student self-reported dietary intakes (energy, macronutrients and grams consumed of selected food groups).

Methods

HEALTHY was a cluster-randomized study in 42 public middle schools. Students, n=3908, self-reported dietary intake using the Block Kids Questionnaire. General linear mixed models were used to analyze differences in dietary intake at the end of the study between intervention and control schools.

Results

The reported average daily fruit consumption was 10% higher at the end of the study in the intervention schools than i

SUBMITTER: Siega-Riz AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3041997 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature