The effects of a middle-school healthy eating intervention on adolescents' fat and fruit intake and soft drinks consumption

Public Health Nutrition

Carine Vereecken¹  Benedicte Deforche¹  Lea Maes¹  Johannes Brug¹  Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij¹  Leen Haerens¹ 

关键词: Tailored advice;    Environment;    Children;   

DOI  :  10.1017/S1368980007219652

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Cambridge University Press

【 摘 要 】

ObjectivesTo evaluate the effects of a middle-school healthy eating promotion intervention combining environmental changes and computer-tailored feedback, with and without an explicit parent involvement component.DesignClustered randomised controlled trial.SettingFifteen West-Flemish (Belgian) middle schools.SubjectsA random sample of 15 schools with 2991 pupils in 7th and 8th grades was randomly assigned to an intervention group with parental support (n = 5), an intervention group without parental support (n = 5) and a control group (n = 5). In these 15 schools an intervention combining environmental changes with computer-tailored feedback was implemented. Fat and fruit intake, water and soft drinks consumption were measured with food-frequency questionnaires in the total sample of children.ResultsIn girls, fat intake and percentage of energy from fat decreased significantly more in the intervention group with parental support, compared with the intervention alone group (all F>3.9, P 16.7, P 

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