Promotion of healthy nutrition among students participating in a school food aid program: a randomized trial.
Int J Public Health
; 61(5): 583-92, 2016 Jun.
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OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the potential benefits on students' eating habits, of incorporating healthy nutrition education as part of a school food aid program. METHODS: 146 schools participating in the DIATROFI Program in Greece during the 2013-2014 school year were randomly allocated to the environmental intervention (received a healthy daily meal) and the multicomponent intervention (MI) group (in addition to the meal, a healthy nutrition educational program was applied). The analysis, based on 3627 pre-post intervention questionnaire pairs, was stratified for children (ages 4-11 years) and adolescents (ages 12-18 years). RESULTS: Children participating in the MI group displayed 25 % higher odds of increasing the weekly consumption of milk/yoghurt and fruits, 61 % higher odds of improving BMI from overweight/obese to normal and 2.5 times higher odds of improving from underweight to normal. For adolescents in the MI group, the odds of increasing the consumption of vegetables were 40 % higher. In both intervention groups, approximately one in four overweight/obese adolescents reached normal weight. CONCLUSIONS: Educational programs on healthy nutrition might be considered worth implementing in the framework of school food aid programs.
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Instituições Acadêmicas
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Assistência Alimentar
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Dieta Saudável
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Promoção da Saúde
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Clinical_trials
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Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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2016
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