The effect of an extra piece of fruit or vegetables at school on weight status in two generations - 14 years follow-up of the Fruit and Vegetables Makes the Marks study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The obesity epidemic presents a major public health challenge, and a poor diet quality has been identified as one of the most important contributing factors. Whereas a sufficient fruit and vegetable consumption has been associated with several positive health outcomes, the long-term effect on overweight and obesity is unclear. Thus, the aims of this study were to investigate if one year with free school fruit had any effect on weight status 14 years later, and if it affected the birth weight of the participants' children.

Methods

In 2001, 10 -12-year old Norwegian children, received one year of free school fruit in the intervention study "Fruits and Vegetables Make the Marks" (FVMM) and in 2016, a total of 1081 participants of 2049 eligible responded to a follow-u

SUBMITTER: Stea TH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6188749 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature