Improving low fruit and vegetable intake in children: Findings from a system dynamics, community group model building study.

ABSTRACT: Many children globally do not meet government guidelines for daily fruit and vegetable intake, and in New Zealand, adherence to the vegetable intake recommendation is declining. This study aimed to identify systemic barriers to children meeting fruit and vegetable (FV) guidelines and generate sustainable actions within a local community to improve children's FV intake. A qualitative system dynamics method of community group model building was used. The research team partnered with Healthy Families Waitākere, a Ministry of Health funded prevention initiative, to recruit 17 participants (including students, parents, teachers, community leaders, local retailers and health promoters) from a low-income, ethnically-diverse community in West Auckland, New Zealand. Three group model building works

SUBMITTER: Gerritsen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6695127 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature