Overweight and average-weight children equally responsive to “Kids Choice Program” to increase fruit and vegetable consumption

For whom and under what circumstances do school-based energy balance behavior interventions work? Systematic review on moderators

“…Only eight studies provided a rationale for interaction tests, one study checked the assumption of homogeneity of (error) variances across moderator groups. Only one study (43) calculated the power of the moderation analysis and their study had adequate power to detect a moderating effect. We tried to calculate the power using information reported in the articles.…”

Community-based interventions for enhancing access to or consumption of fruit and vegetables among five to 18-year olds: a scoping review

“…Several of studies had multiple publications reporting results (e.g., outcomes reported at different time points): Ammerman et al [18,19,311], Bere [139,312,313]; Bere et al [140,314,315], Byrd-Bredbenner et al [146,316], Ciliska et al [15,317], Chen et al [48,318], Colby [247,319], Covelli [79,320], Cullen et al [253,321], Gortmaker et al [163,322], Haarens et al [166,323], Hendy et al [55,324], Hollar et al [96,325,326], Hopper et al [174,327], Jimenez et al [100,328,329], Latimer [273,330], Lautenschlager and Smith [275,331], Lytle et al [191,332,333], McCormick et al [285,334], Nicklas et al [198,335], Parmer et al [203,336], Reinaerts et al [217,337], Tak et al [121,338,339], Tanner et al [120,340], Taylor et al [229,341], Thomas et al [42,342], Thompson et al [231,232,343], Walker [267,303], Wardle et al [69,344], and Wrigley [306,345]. The number of citations for each study design and the reported outcome measures are summarized in Table 1.…”

Developing children's food products

“…(See Fig. 8.3 from Hendy et al, 2007). Finally, interviews with children before and after the month-long application of the Kid's Choice Program found that these improvements in FV consumption were accomplished without any sign of the 'over-justification effects' that might have reduced children's preferences for the rewarded foods (Hendy et al, 2005(Hendy et al, , 2007.…”

“…A satiation explanation suggests that if the offer of reinforcement pushes food consumption past the point of satiation, children will begin to dislike that food (Hendy et al, 2005). Fortunately, such 'over-justification' drops in food preference ratings may be avoided if children are required to eat only small amounts of the food to earn the reinforcement, and if only small and delayed reinforcement is offered for such food consumption (Eisenberger and Cameron, 1996;Hendy et al, 2005Hendy et al, , 2007Horne et al, 1995). The use of small and delayed reinforcement is often accomplished by offering children small tokens immediately after they eat the healthy foods, then later allowing them to trade their tokens for small prizes or favorite activities (but not including favorite foods).…”

“…Reviews are available for the many school-based intervention programs now available to improve children's healthy food choices (Blanchette and Brug, 2005;Howerton et al, 2007;Knai et al, 2006), often with a focus on fruit and vegetable consumption. These programs include the 'Gimme-5' program by Baranowski and colleagues (2000), the 'Food Dudes' program by Horne and colleagues (1995), the '5-a-Day-Power-Plus' program by colleagues (1998, 2004), the 'Know Your Body' program by Resnicow and colleagues (1992), the 'High-5' program by Reynolds and colleagues (2000a,b), and the 'Kid's Choice Program' (Hendy et al, 2005(Hendy et al, , 2007(Hendy et al, , 2009b(Hendy et al, , 2010a. Unfortunately, any improvements in children's healthy food choices that are produced by these school-based programs typically last only as long as the programs are in place.…”