Increasing the Fruit and Vegetable Consumption of Fourth-Graders: Results from the High 5 Project

Reynolds, Kim D.; Franklin, Frank A.; Binkley, Dianne; Raczynski, James M.; Harrington, Kathy; Kirk, Katherine A.; Person, Sharina D.

doi:10.1006/pmed.1999.0630

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“…Many studies are still limited to cross-sectional designs, which only allows for the investigation of association between variables. However, several randomized controlled intervention studies lead to the conclusion that changes towards healthy eating habits positively affect weight loss in all age groups 53 . It is important to highlight that semi-quantitative FFQ was validated only for adolescents.…”

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Association between eating patterns and body mass index in a sample of children and adolescents in Northeastern Brazil

et al. 2014

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The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between eating patterns and body mass index (BMI) in children and adolescents. This is a cross-sectional study of 1,247 male and female students, aged between 6 and 12, from public elementary schools in São Francisco do Conde, Bahia State, Brasil. BMI was used to analyze the children’s nutritional status. Food consumption frequencies, in addition to demographic and socioeconomic information, were collected for each participant. Dietary patterns were identified through a factor analysis. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was 17.3% (10.2% overweight and 7.1% obese). Two eating patterns, “obesogenic” and “prudent”, were identified. The former is characterized by sweets and sugars, typical Brazilian dishes, pastries, fast food, oils, milk, cereals, cakes, and sauces, and was positively associated with increased BMI (ßi = 0.244; p = 0.018). An “obesogenic” dietary pattern was associated with increased BMI.

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Association between eating patterns and body mass index in a sample of children and adolescents in Northeastern Brazil

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“…The success of this type of strategy has also been observed when exposure to healthy foods was used in combination with additional strategies, including education (13,14). The efficacy of an exposure based-approach has been tested mostly with children.…”

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Sex Differences in the Effects of Repeated Taste Exposure to the Mediterranean Diet: A 6-month Follow-up Study

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et al. 2016

Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research

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A cknowledgmentsWe thank all the participants for their excellent collaboration. Methods: Thirty-eight men and 32 premenopausal women (24-53 years) were exposed to the same 4-week experimental MedDiet during which all foods were provided to participants. Participants also received some recommendations/tools to adhere to a healthy way of eating, with no other contact until the 6-month follow-up visit.Results: Compared to baseline, the Mediterranean score (MedScore) had increased at the end of the 6-month follow-up (time effect P=0.003), with no gender difference (gender-by-time interaction P=0.97). Although our intervention was not focused on body weight management, compared to baseline, BMI decreased during the intervention in both men and women (respectively P<0.0001 and P=0.03); however, only the female participants of this study managed to maintain the lower BMI, six months after the intervention (P=0.03 for women;gender-by-time interaction P=0.04).Conclusions: Exposure to the MedDiet for a short duration promotes the adherence to this food pattern in both genders and helps in the management of body weight, especially in women.

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“…The present study, of 749 children aged from 5 to 11 y, followed a similar procedure to that of Lowe et al (2004), but in addition: (a) conducted a 4-month follow-up of the main outcome measures, (b) directly compared the results from an experimental school with those from a control school and (c) assessed the applicability of these procedures in a large inner-city school environment where there were high levels of social deprivation and most children were from ethnic minorities. In contrast to several previous investigations of school-based interventions (Domel et al, 1993;Foerster et al, 1998;Nicklas et al, 1998;Perry et al, 1998;Baranowski et al, 2000;Reynolds et al, 2000), in the present programme there was a tight focus on carefully specified rewards contingencies and modelling to ensure that taste exposures occurred during the intervention; there was also an attempt to use robust and objective outcome measures including weighed and observational measures of food consumed during baseline, intervention and follow-up phases in both the experimental and control schools. These measures allowed a systematic assessment to be made of what happens when fruit and vegetables are made freely available to schoolchildren over time, regardless of any intervention.…”

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Increasing children's fruit and vegetable consumption: a peer-modelling and rewards-based intervention

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Objective: To evaluate a peer-modelling and rewards-based intervention designed to increase children's fruit and vegetable consumption. Design: Over a 5-month period, children in an experimental and a control school were presented with fruit and vegetables at lunchtime. Children aged 5-7 y also received fruit at snacktime (mid-morning). The intervention was implemented in the experimental school and levels of fruit and vegetable consumption were measured at baseline, intervention and at 4-month follow-up. Setting: Two inner-city London primary schools. Subjects: In total, 749 children aged 5-11 y. Intervention: Over 16 days children watched video adventures featuring heroic peers (the Food Dudes) who enjoy eating fruit and vegetables, and received small rewards for eating these foods themselves. After 16 days there were no videos and the rewards became more intermittent. Main outcome measures: Consumption was measured (i) at lunchtime using a five-point observation scale; (ii) at snacktime using a weighed measure; (iii) at home using parental recall. Results: Compared to the control school, lunchtime consumption in the experimental school was substantially higher at intervention and follow-up than baseline (Po0.001), while snacktime consumption was higher at intervention than baseline (Po0.001). The lunchtime data showed particularly large increases among those who initially ate very little. There were also significant increases in fruit and vegetable consumption at home (Po0.05). Conclusions: The intervention was effective in bringing about substantial increases in children's consumption of fruit and vegetables.

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Increasing the Fruit and Vegetable Consumption of Fourth-Graders: Results from the High 5 Project

Cited by 225 publications

References 26 publications

Association between eating patterns and body mass index in a sample of children and adolescents in Northeastern Brazil

Association between eating patterns and body mass index in a sample of children and adolescents in Northeastern Brazil

Sex Differences in the Effects of Repeated Taste Exposure to the Mediterranean Diet: A 6-month Follow-up Study

Increasing children's fruit and vegetable consumption: a peer-modelling and rewards-based intervention

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