Cooking and Gardening Behaviors and Improvements in Dietary Intake in Hispanic/Latino Youth.

ABSTRACT: Background: School gardening interventions typically include cooking and gardening (CG) components; however, few studies have examined associations between CG psychosocial behaviors (attitudes, self-efficacy, and motivation), dietary intake, and obesity parameters. This study assessed the association between changes in CG behaviors with changes in dietary intake and obesity in participants of the LA Sprouts study, an after-school, 12-week, randomized controlled CG intervention conducted in four inner-city elementary schools in Los Angeles. Methods: Process analysis using data from 290 low-income, primarily Hispanic/Latino third through fifth-grade students who were randomized to either the LA Sprouts intervention (n = 160) or control group (n = 130

SUBMITTER: Landry MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6622558 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May/Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature