Nudging children toward healthier food choices: An experiment combining school and home gardens.

ABSTRACT: School gardens have become a widely used approach to influence children's food knowledge, preferences and choices in low- and high-income countries alike. However, evidence indicates that such programs are more effective at influencing food knowledge and preferences than actual food choices. Such finding may occur because school gardens insufficiently influence the food behavior of parents and because healthy food items are not always available in children's homes. We tested this hypothesis using a one-year cluster randomized controlled trial in Nepal with 15 treatment and 15 control schools and a matched sample of 779 schoolchildren (aged 8-12) and their caregivers. Data were collected before and after the intervention during the 2018-2019 school year. In addition, children's food consump

SUBMITTER: Schreinemachers P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7726313 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature