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Fruits and vegetables taken can serve as a proxy measure for amounts eaten in a school lunch.

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Gray, C; Lytle, LA; Perry, C; Story, M; Taylor, G; Bishop, D
Published in: J Am Diet Assoc
June 2007

This study tests the hypothesis that fruits and vegetables taken on students' lunch trays are usable proxies for fruits and vegetables eaten, and that the proxy is useful with children in the youngest school grade (ie, grade 1; ages 6 to 8 years). A total of 1,168 randomly selected students in grade 1 and grade 3 (ages 8 to 10 years) in 26 schools in the Twin Cities, MN, metropolitan area were observed before and after an intervention that was applied to 13 randomly selected schools. Trained observers recorded food quantities on a child's tray and measured food consumed during the meal. Correlations between amounts of fruits and vegetables taken and eaten ranged from 0.74 to 0.96. The median correlation in grade 1 was the same, 0.82, as in the combined sample. Food taken and food eaten as alternative response variables resulted in the same conclusions about the effects of intervention. The hypothesis is strengthened that food taken can be used as a proxy for consumption in future nutrition education research.

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J Am Diet Assoc

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ISSN

0002-8223

Publication Date

June 2007

Volume

107

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1019 / 1023

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Vegetables
  • Students
  • Schools
  • Nutritional Requirements
  • Nutrition Assessment
  • Nutrition & Dietetics
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Fruit
  • Food Services
 

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Gray, C., Lytle, L. A., Perry, C., Story, M., Taylor, G., & Bishop, D. (2007). Fruits and vegetables taken can serve as a proxy measure for amounts eaten in a school lunch. J Am Diet Assoc, 107(6), 1019–1023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jada.2007.03.001
Gray, Clifton, Leslie A. Lytle, Cheryl Perry, Mary Story, Gretchen Taylor, and Donald Bishop. “Fruits and vegetables taken can serve as a proxy measure for amounts eaten in a school lunch.J Am Diet Assoc 107, no. 6 (June 2007): 1019–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jada.2007.03.001.
Gray C, Lytle LA, Perry C, Story M, Taylor G, Bishop D. Fruits and vegetables taken can serve as a proxy measure for amounts eaten in a school lunch. J Am Diet Assoc. 2007 Jun;107(6):1019–23.
Gray, Clifton, et al. “Fruits and vegetables taken can serve as a proxy measure for amounts eaten in a school lunch.J Am Diet Assoc, vol. 107, no. 6, June 2007, pp. 1019–23. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.jada.2007.03.001.
Gray C, Lytle LA, Perry C, Story M, Taylor G, Bishop D. Fruits and vegetables taken can serve as a proxy measure for amounts eaten in a school lunch. J Am Diet Assoc. 2007 Jun;107(6):1019–1023.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Am Diet Assoc

DOI

ISSN

0002-8223

Publication Date

June 2007

Volume

107

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1019 / 1023

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Vegetables
  • Students
  • Schools
  • Nutritional Requirements
  • Nutrition Assessment
  • Nutrition & Dietetics
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Fruit
  • Food Services