Access With Education Improves Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Preschool Children

Smith, Elizabeth Viner; Sutarso, Toto; Kaye, Gail

doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2019.07.016

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“…Similar to our study, the qualitative data collected by Ko et al (via focus groups) corroborated quantitative findings and provided additional support for intervention outcomes. Smith and colleagues also implemented an intervention similar to M2MP which included two different treatment conditions (nutrition education and food allocations, and food allocations only) and a control group (37) . This randomised control trial targeted low-income participants and assessed carotenoid scores, a physiological measure of nutrients that serves as a marker for consumption of certain fruits and vegetables (e.g.…”

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Community-based culinary and nutrition education intervention promotes fruit and vegetable consumption

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Schumacher

et al. 2021

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: The main objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of the Market to MyPlate (M2MP) program on fruit and vegetable consumption and cooking behaviors. Secondary objectives were to examine factors that affected participant retention and program completion, and analyze program feedback provided by participants. Design: This study conducted a mixed methods evaluation embedded within a cluster randomized controlled trial of the M2MP intervention. Adult participants completed a pre- and post-program survey reporting on their fruit and vegetable consumption and cooking behaviors. A subsample participated in structured interviews, providing feedback about M2MP and the impact of the program. Setting: Seven weekly classes took place in community centers and Extension offices in central Illinois. Participants: 120 adults and their families participated. Class cohorts were randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups: 1) nutrition education and cooking classes with produce allocations (PAE, n=39), nutrition education and cooking classes only (EO, n=36), or 3) control group (n=45). Results: Compared to control, PAE participants reported larger increases from pre- to post-intervention in fruit (p = .001) and vegetable consumption (p = .002), with no differences in cooking frequency. Interview analyses identified key themes in behavior changes due to M2MP, including reported increases in dietary variety, cooking self-efficacy, and children’s participation in cooking. Conclusions: PAE participants who received an intervention that directly increased their access to fresh produce (via produce allocations) increased their reported fruit and vegetable consumption. Though participants’ cooking frequency did not change, interviewees reported increased variety, cooking confidence, and family participation in cooking.

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Community-based culinary and nutrition education intervention promotes fruit and vegetable consumption

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Schumacher

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“…9 food literacy attributes met the eligibility criteria of the article and were included. Among these, two studies [6,15] reported on adiposity/body mass, one study (6) reported on nutrition knowledge, four studies [1,3,4,14] reported on fruit and vegetable intakes, six (1,2,5,9,14,15) studies reported on diet. Some studies reported on more than one of the adiposity/body mass, nutrition knowledge, fruit and vegetable intakes, and diet.…”

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“…A detailed description of each study's characteristics can be seen in Table 1. All included studies were from highincome countries, with five from the United States [1][2][3][4]9] , one from Portugal [5] , one from South Korea [6] , one from the Netherlands [14] , and one from Japan [15] . Samples were generally related to children's gender (although one study did not mentioned) [4] , but varied greatly both in size (between 93 and 4232 subjects) and ethnic composition (between 0% and 100% Asian, with 2 studies did not mentioned the race/ethnicity or country of birth [4,5] , and one study providing information only for country of birth [14] .…”

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“…Included studies assessed exposure to caregivers, classrooms, or technology. Two studies were exposed to the intervention of caregivers [1,15] , three studies were exposed to classrooms' intervention [2,3,6] , four studies were exposed to technology [4,5,9,10] .…”

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“…In summary, the 10week South Korean MX program improved the eating behaviors and nutrition status of young children. In E Smith et al [3] report, they used carotenoid as a measurement, all groups demonstrated an increase in carotenoid scores, including the comparison group. But children who were assigned to treatment B (access fruit and vegetable consumption plus education) had significantly higher carotenoid values than those assigned to treatment A (access only fruit and vegetable consumption) and comparison group.…”

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Systematic Longitudinal Evaluating on boosting preschool children’s food literacy

Tian¹,

Liu

2021

E3S Web Conf.

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To evaluate different methods in lifting food literacy which are applied to preschool children. Most articles are based on cross-sectional studies, an observational longitudinal design is seldom used, making it difficult to identify the true effectiveness of the methods. Thus, this article use a longitudinal method, including several online database. A systematic article based on longitudinal researches, by searching data in four electronic databases, Web of Science, PubMed, Elsevier (Science Direct) and Google Scholar, setting eligibility criteria, data selection, extracting data, data synthesis and quality assessment. Study identifies 771 original data, and after the de-duplication and eligibility selection, 9 studies are included in the article. Despite the small amount of literature applied, evidences are quiet useful. In comparison of caregiver-based intervention and classroom-based intervention, the later shows more effectiveness in short-term awareness training. Also, great potential has been found in technology-based intervention. The authors recommend future studies to focus on longitudinal research, so as to assess the potential of early childhood food literacy intervention, the mechanism and methods of these studies, the duration and effectiveness in different followup time etc.

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Effect of Brief Produce Exposure and Unconstrained Grocery Gift Cards on Caregiver Influence on Diet of Elementary Age Children

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IMPORTANCEChildren's diets affect health trajectories but are difficult to influence, especially for resource-constrained families.OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of providing 4 weeks of grocery gift cards and small produce boxes to caregivers on their ability to support healthy shifts in children's diets. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTSThis 2-group randomized clinical trial was conducted from May to July 2021, with 4 weeks of intervention and follow-up at 8 weeks. Resources were provided curbside at 3 schools, 3 housing sites, and 1 after-school site for use at home. Participants consisted of 1 index child ages 5 to 11 years with 1 index caregiver from 68 low-income families. Data were analyzed from July 2021 through March 2022.INTERVENTIONS During each week for 4 weeks, caregivers were offered 10-lb (4.5 kg) boxes of fruits and vegetables, $10.00 grocery gift cards, an additional $10.00 gift card over the last 3 weeks triggered by a task completion, and a 1-time choice of a $25.00 food preparation tool.MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Index child and caregiver diets were measured together over the phone at baseline, 4 weeks, and 8 weeks using the 2019 to 2020 Texas School Physical Activity and Nutrition (SPAN) tool, which measures the number of times food items were eaten over the prior day to report a SPAN Healthy Eating Index (SHEI) score and subscores for specific categories of foods (range, 0-57, with higher scores indicating a more healthful diet). RESULTSAmong 68 children (mean [SD] age, 8.2 [1.7] years; 35 [51.5%] girls) and caregivers (mean [SD] age, 37.9 [7.9] years; 63 mothers [92.6%]) from primarily low-income families, 26 caregivers were Hispanic or Latino (38.2%), while 18 caregivers were Black (26.4%), 25 caregivers were White (36.7%), and 24 caregivers had more than 1 race (35.3%). Most families were below the federal poverty level (41 of 60 families that reported income [68.3%]). Per participating caregiver, a mean (SD) 2.7 [1.4] fruit and vegetable boxes and $42.35 ($25.46) worth of gift cards were picked up over 4 weeks. Mean (SE) child SPAN SHEI increased from 32.03 (0.62) times/d to 33.75 (0.69) times/d at 4 weeks (ie, postintervention) and 34.03 (0.69) times/d 4 weeks later (ie, at 8 weeks of follow-up). Mean (SE) child fruit and vegetable intake increased from 5.31 (0.47) times/d to 5.78 (0.51) times/d postintervention and 6.03 (0.51) times/d at follow-up. Children in the control group did not have improved diet (overall mean [SE] SHEI: 31.48 [0.58] times/d at baseline, 31.68 [0.54] times/d postintervention, and 31.81 [0.52] times/d at follow-up; mean [SE] fruit and vegetable intake: 5.21 [0.45] times/d at baseline, 4.77 [0.45] times/d postintervention, and 4.68 [0.41] times/d at followup). Compared with children in the control group, mean SHEI was increased for children in the (continued)

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Access With Education Improves Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Preschool Children

Cited by 11 publications

References 32 publications

Community-based culinary and nutrition education intervention promotes fruit and vegetable consumption

Community-based culinary and nutrition education intervention promotes fruit and vegetable consumption

Systematic Longitudinal Evaluating on boosting preschool children’s food literacy

Effect of Brief Produce Exposure and Unconstrained Grocery Gift Cards on Caregiver Influence on Diet of Elementary Age Children

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