Stages of Change Tools to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in High School Students

School lunch programs provide an opportunity to improve students’ diets. We sought to determine the impact of a multifaceted intervention (cafeteria redesigns, increased points-of-sale and teacher education) on secondary students’ perceptions of school-lunch quality and convenience and fruit and vegetable intake. Surveys (n = 12,827) from middle and high school students in 12 intervention and 11 control schools were analyzed. We investigated change in school-lunch perceptions and lunchtime and daily fruit and vegetable consumption from 2016 to 2018. Among 8th graders, perceptions that school lunch tastes good and that school lunch was enough to make students feel full increased 0.2 points (on a 5-point scale; p < 0.01) in intervention schools relative to control schools. Among 10th graders, lunchtime fruit and vegetable consumption increased 6% in intervention relative to control schools (p < 0.05 and p < 0.01 respectively). Daily fruit intake increased 0.1 cups/day in intervention relative to control schools among 9th graders (p < 0.01). This study provides important evidence on the limited effect of design approaches in the absence of meal changes. We observed only modest changes in school lunch perceptions and fruit and vegetable consumption that were not consistent across grades, suggesting that additional efforts are needed to improve school-lunch uptake.

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Weight Management and Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among US High School Students

Journal of School Health ◽

10.1111/j.1746-1561.2008.00330.x ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 78 (8) ◽

pp. 455-457

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Weight Management ◽

Vegetable Intake ◽

Fruit And Vegetable Intake ◽

Fruit And Vegetable ◽

School Students

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ASSESSING THE STAGES OF CHANGE FOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION

Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise ◽

10.1097/00005768-200205001-00369 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 34 (5) ◽

pp. S67

Author(s):

J B. Bartholomew ◽

B M. Miller ◽

R Atwood ◽

Y Ren ◽

N Gottlieb

Keyword(s):

Stages Of Change ◽

Vegetable Consumption ◽

Fruit And Vegetable Consumption ◽

Fruit And Vegetable

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PROCESSES OF CHANGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION ACROSS STAGES OF CHANGE IN WOMEN- APPLICATION OF TRANSTHEORETICAL MODEL

Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences ◽

10.14260/jemds/2017/1303 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (87) ◽

pp. 5991-5996

Author(s):

Mehdi Khezeli ◽

Ali Ramezankhani ◽

Abbas Aghaei ◽

Arman Latifi ◽

Hadi Darvishi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Stages Of Change ◽

Transtheoretical Model ◽

Vegetable Consumption ◽

Fruit And Vegetable Consumption ◽

Processes Of Change ◽

Fruit And Vegetable

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Nutrition Campaign Knowledge and Dietary Behavior in Middle School Students

Californian Journal of Health Promotion ◽

10.32398/cjhp.v16i2.2086 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 1-10 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Sarah E. Roth ◽

Monique Gill ◽

Alec M. Chan-Golston ◽

Catherine M. Crespi ◽

Stephanie L. Albert ◽

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Keyword(s):

Middle School ◽

Middle School Students ◽

Vegetable Consumption ◽

Dietary Behavior ◽

Fruit And Vegetable Consumption ◽

Dietary Behaviors ◽

Fruit And Vegetable ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

School Students ◽

The Impact

Background and Purpose: Federal nutrition campaigns are designed to make dietary recommendations accessible but have not been extensively evaluated. This paper explores whether knowledge of nutrition campaigns is associated with dietary behavior among young adolescents. Methods: Cross-sectional survey data were collected from 4,773 middle school students in Southern California. Hierarchical logistic regression models were used to assess the association between dietary behaviors and nutrition campaign knowledge, controlling for gender and ethnicity. Results: Knowledge of the Fruit & VeggiesMore Matters campaign was associated with increased odds of high fruit and vegetable consumption, knowledge of the MyPlate campaign was associated with neither, and both were associated with increased odds of not consuming soda. Conclusion: Overall, low percentages of students demonstrated knowledge of nutrition campaigns, and knowledge was associated with some dietary behaviors. More research is needed to examine the impact of nutrition campaigns while also accounting for other psychosocial and environmental factors that may affect soda, fruit, and vegetable consumption.

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Etapas de cambio en la práctica de actividad física de tiempo libre en estudiantes de secundaria de Victoria de Durango, México. (Change stages to practice of physical activity within free time in high school students of Victoria of Durango, Mexico)

Retos ◽

10.47197/retos.v0i35.66878 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 196-200

Author(s):

Jesús José Gallegos-Sánchez ◽

Francisco Ruiz-Juan ◽

Mario Alberto Villarreal-Angeles ◽

Jorge Isabel Zamarripa Rivera

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

High Schools ◽

Stages Of Change ◽

Health Benefits ◽

Free Time ◽

School Students ◽

Educational Models ◽

Cross Sectional

El propósito del estudio fue analizar las etapas de cambio ante la práctica de actividad física en el tiempo libre en estudiantes de educación secundaria de la Ciudad de Victoria de Durango, México. El marco teórico empleado fue el Modelo Transteórico. Se diseñó un estudio cuantitativo, observacional-descriptivo de corte transversal. La muestra fue 1112 estudiantes de secundaria, edades entre los 12 y 15 años (M= 13.52; ±.92); el 52.6% fueron chicas y 47.4% chicos; 37.2% de primer curso, 33.9% segundo, 28.9% de tercero; 69% de turno matutino y 31% vespertino; el 25.5% inscritos en de secundarias Generales Federales, 36.6% Técnicas Federales y 37.9% Estatales; 15.5% en secundarias con índice de marginación urbana alto, 29% medio, 12.2% bajo y 43.4% muy bajo. Se administró el cuestionario de etapas de cambio hacia la práctica del ejercicio físico. El análisis de datos fue realizado por medio de estadística descriptiva y prueba de Chi2. Los principales resultados advierten que la mayoría de los estudiantes(60.4%) están en etapas de cambio poco activas o inactivas (no ofrecen beneficios a la salud); los chicos son más activos (51.7%)que las chicas (29.1%); los estudiantes más activos son los de secundarias Federales Generales así como los de primer curso; cuando el índice de Marginación Urbana bajael porcentaje de estudiantes en etapas más activas o con beneficios para la salud aumenta. Concluyendo que es importante considerar las etapas de cambio de comportamiento para planificar estrategias de modelos educativos. The purpose of the study was to analyze the change stages to practice of physical activity within free time in high school students of the City of Victoria of Durango, México. The theoretical framework used was the trans-theoretical model. It was designed a quantitative, observational-descriptive cross-sectional study. The sample was 1112 high school students, with ages between 12 and 15 years (M = 13.52; ± .92), (52.6% girls and 47.4% boys, 37.2% first, 33.9% second and 28.9% of third deggre 69% morning shift and 31% evening shift, 25.5% Federal General High Schools, 36.6% Federal Techniques and 37.9% Local, 15.5% high urban marginalization index, 29% medium level, 12.2% low and 43.4% very low. The questionnaire of stages of change towards the practice of physical exercise was administered. The data analysis was performed by means of descriptive statistics and proof of Chi2. The main results the majority of students (60.4%) are established in non-active or inactive stages of change that do not offer any health benefits; boys are more active (51.7%) than girls (29.1%); the students of the Federal General High Schools are the most active, as well as those in the first year; In relation to the IMU, as it improves, the percentages of students increases with more active stages or with health benefits. Concluding It is important to consider the stages of behavior change to plan strategies for educational models.

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