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A randomized school trial of environmental strategies to encourage fruit and vegetable consumption among children.

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Perry, CL; Bishop, DB; Taylor, GL; Davis, M; Story, M; Gray, C; Bishop, SC; Mays, RAW; Lytle, LA; Harnack, L
Published in: Health Educ Behav
February 2004

The Cafeteria Power Plus project examined whether a cafeteria-based intervention would increase the fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption of children. Twenty-six schools were randomly assigned to either an intervention or control condition. Baseline lunch observations of a sample (N = 1668) of first- and third-grade students occurred in the spring of 2000; follow-up was in the spring of 2002. The intervention took place during two consecutive school years beginning in the fall of 2000 and consisted of daily activities (increasing the availability, attractiveness, and encouragement for FV) and special events (kick-offs, samplings, challenge weeks, theater production, and finale meal). Training of food-service staff and cook managers was ongoing throughout the intervention phase. Students in the intervention schools significantly increased their total fruit intake. Process measures indicated that verbal encouragement by food-service staff was associated with outcomes. The outcomes suggest that multicomponent interventions are more powerful than cafeteria programs alone with this age group.

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Health Educ Behav

DOI

ISSN

1090-1981

Publication Date

February 2004

Volume

31

Issue

1

Start / End Page

65 / 76

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Vegetables
  • Social Environment
  • Schools
  • Restaurants
  • Public Health
  • Minnesota
  • Inservice Training
  • Humans
  • Health Promotion
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
 

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Perry, C. L., Bishop, D. B., Taylor, G. L., Davis, M., Story, M., Gray, C., … Harnack, L. (2004). A randomized school trial of environmental strategies to encourage fruit and vegetable consumption among children. Health Educ Behav, 31(1), 65–76. https://doi.org/10.1177/1090198103255530
Perry, Cheryl L., Donald B. Bishop, Gretchen L. Taylor, Marsha Davis, Mary Story, Clifton Gray, Susan C. Bishop, Rita A Warren Mays, Leslie A. Lytle, and Lisa Harnack. “A randomized school trial of environmental strategies to encourage fruit and vegetable consumption among children.Health Educ Behav 31, no. 1 (February 2004): 65–76. https://doi.org/10.1177/1090198103255530.
Perry CL, Bishop DB, Taylor GL, Davis M, Story M, Gray C, et al. A randomized school trial of environmental strategies to encourage fruit and vegetable consumption among children. Health Educ Behav. 2004 Feb;31(1):65–76.
Perry, Cheryl L., et al. “A randomized school trial of environmental strategies to encourage fruit and vegetable consumption among children.Health Educ Behav, vol. 31, no. 1, Feb. 2004, pp. 65–76. Pubmed, doi:10.1177/1090198103255530.
Perry CL, Bishop DB, Taylor GL, Davis M, Story M, Gray C, Bishop SC, Mays RAW, Lytle LA, Harnack L. A randomized school trial of environmental strategies to encourage fruit and vegetable consumption among children. Health Educ Behav. 2004 Feb;31(1):65–76.
Journal cover image

Published In

Health Educ Behav

DOI

ISSN

1090-1981

Publication Date

February 2004

Volume

31

Issue

1

Start / End Page

65 / 76

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Vegetables
  • Social Environment
  • Schools
  • Restaurants
  • Public Health
  • Minnesota
  • Inservice Training
  • Humans
  • Health Promotion
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice