Effects of a cluster randomized controlled kindergarten-based intervention trial on vegetable consumption among Norwegian 3-5-year-olds: the BRA-study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early childhood represents a critical period for the establishment of long-lasting healthy dietary habits. Limited knowledge exists on how to successfully increase vegetable consumption among preschool children. The overall aim of the present study was to improve vegetable intake among preschool children in a kindergarten-based randomized controlled trial.

Methods

The target group was preschool children born in 2010 and 2011, attending public or private kindergartens in two counties in Norway. Data about child intake of vegetables were collected by three methods. First, parents filled in a web-based questionnaire of the child's vegetable intake. Second, among a subsample, trained researchers observed children's vegetable intake in the kindergarten. Thirdly, a pare

SUBMITTER: Kristiansen AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6692927 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature