Changes in Fruit and Vegetable Consumption of Third-Grade Students in Body Quest: Food of the Warrior, a 17-Class Childhood Obesity Prevention Program

Classroom Nutrition Education Combined With Fruit and Vegetable Taste Testing Improves Children's Dietary Intake

“…It is possible that the multiple opportunities to taste, touch, see and learn about unfamiliar FVs improved preference and therefore intake. Previous studies using tasting experiences to increase FV consumption have documented similar findings …”

“…This finding is supported by reports from the USDA Food and Nutrition Service which indicate that the FFVSP significantly increased student's average FV consumption on days when FVs were offered . This outcome is not surprising and is likely the result of students having access, more exposure, and repeated opportunities to try new FVs, factors that have been shown to improve children's FV intake in similar studies . However, when offered as a singular component, FV distribution programs may not provide students with the skills and knowledge needed to develop long‐term improvements in their dietary choices …”

“…31 This outcome is not surprising and is likely the result of students having access, more exposure, and repeated opportunities to try new FVs, factors that have been shown to improve children's FV intake in similar studies. 13,25 However, when offered as a singular component, FV distribution programs may not provide students with the skills and knowledge needed to develop long-term improvements in their dietary choices. 32 After adjusting for differences in baseline intake, students who participated in the GWWFV and GWWFV + TT had higher intakes of both FVs than did students in the comparison group.…”

“…24 Classroom nutrition education yields positive changes in knowledge, attitudes, preference, selfefficacy, and even slight increases in FV intake. 18,[20][21][22][23] When curricular strategies are coupled with environmental strategies such as participation in a FV snack program, increasing availability of FVs at meal times, [11][12][13] and providing FV taste testing, 13,[25][26][27] intake significantly increases. The most promising set of strategies for improving FV consumption includes a curriculum focused on influencing students' knowledge, attitudes, values and beliefs; a peer and parenting modeling component to reinforce positive behaviors at home and at school; and a school-supplemented FV snack program that allows students to taste and experience new foods.…”

Assessing the Acceptability, Feasibility, and Effectiveness of a Tablet-Based Cervical Cancer Educational Intervention

“…Participants enjoyed the lesson and expressed desire for future educational content to be delivered in this fashion. In addition to having great potential utility in rural Africa, the standardization of educational information permitted by tablet-based programs may also have value in higher-resource settings, including in medical clinics [25–26] or schools [27–28] in the US.…”