Efficacy of a school-based obesity prevention intervention at reducing added sugar and sodium in children's school lunches: the LA Health randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Decreasing selection and consumption of sodium and added sugars in the school cafeteria setting is important to provide optimal nutrition to children.

Objective

The ofjective of this study is to determine whether Louisiana (LA) Health, a school-based obesity prevention intervention, could successfully reduce children's selection and consumption of sodium and added sugars during school lunches vs. the control group.

Design

Food selection, consumption, and plate waste from student lunches (3 consecutive days) in 33 public schools in rural Louisiana were collected and analyzed using the digital photography of foods method at baseline and after a 28-month obesity prevention intervention (LA Health) beginning in 4th-6th grade (87% of children received free or re

SUBMITTER: Hawkins KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6237630 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature