[Testing a nutritional and taste education intervention approach to increase vegetables and fruit consumption among children]

(Intervento di Educazione Alimentare e del Gusto per in- crementare l'assunzione di ortaggi, legumi e frutta nei bambini.)

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The purpose of the study was to test a nutrition education intervention to promote a higher consumption of vegetables, pulse and fruit among children. The study involved 274 children of primary school (third and fourth grade). The sample was divided in three groups:
A (exposed to intervention without taste education activities), B (exposed to intervention with taste education activities), C (control group not exposed to any intervention). Before starting the intervention on pupils, all teachers were properly trained and parents participated to informative/formative meetings. The teachers were also provided with didactic units to implement on children. The efficacy of intervention was evaluated by measuring food target not eaten at school lunch, before and after the implementation of intervention; it showed less plate waste for vegetables (side dishes) for both groups A and B (53.2% vs 44%) and (23.3% vs 8.1%) respectively, while for fruit only group A reduced to half its reject. The differences were however not significant. No increasing consumption was observed for soups or pasta prepared with vegetables or legumes. According to these preliminary results, we observed for some vegetable food items a better dietary behaviour trend among children of both groups who received the intervention compared with controls.

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Author/s: D'Addesa, D (D); Martone, D (D); Sinesio, F (F); Marzi, V (V); Comendador, F J (FJ); Peparaio, M (M); Cairella, G (G); Panetta, V (V); Sette, S (S);

Affiliation: Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca per gli Aliment e la Nutrizione (LNRAN), Roma. daddesa(-atsign-)inran.it

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: English Abstract; Journal Article

Journal: Annali di igiene : medicina preventiva e di comunità (Ann Ig), published in Italy. (Language: ita)

Reference: -2008 Mar-Apr; vol 20 (issue 2) : pp 159-69

Dates: Created 2008/07/01; Completed 2008/08/21;

PMID: 18590047, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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