A Plate Waste Evaluation of the Farm to School Program.
J Nutr Educ Behav
; 50(4): 332-339.e1, 2018 04.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the impacts of the Farm to School (FTS) Program on the selection and consumption of fruits and vegetables.DESIGN:
Plate waste data were recorded using the visual inspection method before and after implementation of the program.SETTING:
Six elementary schools in Florida 3 treatment and 3 control schools.PARTICIPANTS:
A total of 11,262 meal observations of National School Lunch Program (NSLP) participants in grades 1-5. INTERVENTION The FTS Program, specifically local procurement of NSLP offerings, began in treatment schools in November, 2015 after the researchers collected preintervention data. MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURES:
The NSLP participants' selection and consumption of fruits and vegetables.ANALYSIS:
Data were analyzed using Mann-Whitney U and proportions tests and difference-in-difference regressions.RESULTS:
The NSLP participants at the treatment schools consumed, on average, 0.061 (P = .002) more servings of vegetables and 0.055 (P = .05) more servings of fruit after implementation of the FTS Program. When school-level fixed effects are included, ordinary least squares and tobit regression results indicated that NSLP participants at the treatment schools respectively consumed 0.107 (P < .001) and 0.086 (P < .001) more servings of vegetables, on average, after implementation of the FTS Program. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Local procurement positively affected healthy eating.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Estudantes
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Verduras
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Preferências Alimentares
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Dieta Saudável
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Frutas
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Evaluation_studies
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Observational_studies
Limite:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Nutr Educ Behav
Assunto da revista:
CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO
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CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO
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EDUCACAO
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article