The Effects of a Multi-Component School-Based Nutrition Education Intervention on Children's Determinants of Fruit and Vegetable Intake.

ABSTRACT: Evidence suggests that multi-component school-based health-promoting interventions have great potential to improve children's fruit and vegetable intake. However, interventions that combine classroom-based curricula with experiential learning strategies (e.g., cooking) are relatively seldom described. This study investigates the short-term and longer-term effects of a multi-component school-based nutrition education intervention combining classroom-based and experiential learning strategies on children's determinants of their fruit and vegetable intake (knowledge, taste preferences, attitudes, and intention). Using a comparative quasi-experimental study design, data were collected, via child-reported questionnaires, at the baseline, directly after the intervention, and three months after t

SUBMITTER: Hahnraths MTH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9607228 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature