Impact assessment of an intervention on the consumption of fruits and vegetables by students and teachers

Revista de Nutrição

Silvia Cristina Farias¹  Inês Rugani Ribeiro De Castro¹  Virgínia Martins Da Matta¹  Luciana Maria Cerqueira Castro¹ 

关键词: Fruits;    Intervention study;    Promotion of Healthy Eating;    Students;    Vegetables;    Frutas;    Estudo de intervenção;    Promoção da Alimentação Saudável;    Estudantes;    Verduras;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1415-52732014000100006

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of an intervention that promoted the consumption of fruits and vegetables on the intake of these products by students and teachers in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.METHODS: This is a one-group pretest-posttest study of students and teachers from elementary public schools in Rio de Janeiro. The intervention included a training course for promoting healthy eating; distribution of educational materials; and holding of a one-day health fair. We assessed the activities that had been carried out, teachers' habitual fruits and vegetables intake, students' fruits and vegetables intake at school, and intervention-related issues.RESULTS: Before the intervention, 65.1% of the students consumed the school lunch and most (>79.4%) accepted and consumed the fruits and vegetables served. Most teachers (>75.0%) consumed fruits and other vegetables regularly, but only 36.4% consumed leaf vegetables regularly. The intervention was implemented only moderately (52.7%) but was well accepted by the teachers. The students of schools that implemented the intervention more extensively showed better acceptance of vegetables (p=0.009). Teachers' fruits and vegetables intake did not change.CONCLUSION: Students' fruits and vegetables intake changed modestly. This study contributes to the design of intervention studies for Brazilian schools because it coordinated the National School Food Program with educational activities.

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