scholarly journals Relationship Between Dark Green, Orange, and Yellow Vegetable Intake and Skin Carotenoids (P02-003-19)

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaimie Davis ◽  
Matthew Landry ◽  
Fiona Asigbee ◽  
Sarvenaz Vandyousefi ◽  
Reem Ghaddar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Vegetable Intake ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Resonance Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Objective Measure ◽  
Fruit Intake ◽  
School Site ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Blood Institute ◽  
Dark Green

Abstract Objectives Skin carotenoid status assessed by Resonance Raman spectroscopy (RRS) has emerged as a promising new biomarker of vegetable intake. As a result, only few studies have compared the relationship between free living vegetable and fruit intake and skin carotenoids in youth populations. The overall objective is toassess how vegetable intake correlates with skin carotenoids in primarily, Hispanic children. Methods Baseline data from TX Sprouts, a 1-year school-based gardening, cooking, and nutrition randomized controlled trial were used, which included 465 low-income 3rd-5thgrade students from nine schools in central Texas. The following data were collected: demographics via questionnaires, dietary intake viatwo 24-hour dietary recalls collected via telephone, and skin carotenoid status assessed via RRS. Partial correlations were run between vegetable servings per day and changes in vegetable servings per day, controlling for school site, ethnicity/race, sex, age, ethnicity, and energy intake. Results Students were 45% male and 70% Hispanic with a mean age of 9.4 ± 0.9 years. Intake of dark green/orange/yellow vegetables (servings/day) was positively correlated with RRS scores (r = 0.12; P = 0.012). Total vegetable intake or fruit intake was not correlated to RRS scores. Conclusions The correlation was significant, albeit small, between dark green, yellow, red, and orange vegetable intakes and RRS scores. This is one of the first free-living studies in youth to show that nutrient rich vegetable intake is positively linked to skin carotenoids. These results highlight that the RRS can provide a non-invasive and objective measure of vegetable intake that can be used in school settings with children. Funding Sources This research was supported by funding from the National Institutes of Health – National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (grant number R01HL123865).

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Dietary Intake and Parental Support with Child Cooking Involvement in a Youth Population (FS16-03-19)

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona Asigbee ◽  
Annie Markowitz ◽  
Matthew Landry ◽  
Sarvenaz Vandyousefi ◽  
Reem Ghaddar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Parental Support ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
Physical Activity Intervention ◽  
Vegetable Intake ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Fruit Intake ◽  
Parent Questionnaire

Abstract Objectives This study assessed how child cooking involvement (CCI) and parental support in food preparation (PS) are related to vegetable preference (VP), vegetable intake (VI), and fruit intake (FI) in children participating in the Texas, Grow! Eat! Go! (TGEG) randomized controlled trial. Methods Baseline data from the TGEG intervention, conducted in 28 low-income, primarily Hispanic schools across Texas, was used for this study, and included 1325 3rd grade students and their parents. Schools were assigned to: (1) control group; (2) school garden intervention [Learn, Grow, Eat & Go! (LGEG)]; (3) physical activity intervention [Walk Across Texas (WAT)]; or (4) combined group (LGEG plus WAT). Height (via stadiometer), weight (via Tanita scale), dietary intake and CCI (via child questionnaire), and PS (via parent questionnaire) were collected. General Linear Models examined variations in baseline VP, VI, and FI with baseline CCI and PS. A priori covariates for all analyses included: TGEG treatment group, age, sex, and ethnicity. Results Students were 49.2% male and 42.4% Hispanic with a mean age of 8.3 ± 0.6; 78.3% of the population had overweight/obesity. Children who never cooked with their families preferred fewer vegetables than children who sometimes/always cooked with their parents (7.0 ± 0.6 vs. 8.7 ± 0.5 and 9.4 ± 0.5 vegetables, respectively; P < 0.001). Children who never cooked with their families ate less vegetables than children who sometimes/always cooked with their parents (1.9 ± 0.4 vs. 2.6 ± 0.3 and 3.5 ± 0.3 servings/day, respectively; P = 0.003 and P = 0.000, respectively). Children who never cooked with their families ate less fruit than children who sometimes/always cooked with their parents (1.2 ± 0.2 vs. 1.5 ± 0.1 and 2.09 ± 0.1 servings/day, respectively; P < 0.001). Conclusions Interventions including family cooking activities with children may be an effective way to increase vegetable preference and intake, and fruit intake, especially in high-risk, minority children. Funding Sources The research was supported by funding from the USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, (grant 2011-68001-30138).

scholarly journals The Association Between Child Cooking Involvement in Food Preparation and Fruit and Vegetable Intake in a Hispanic Youth Population

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona M Asigbee ◽  
Jaimie N Davis ◽  
Annie K Markowitz ◽  
Matthew J Landry ◽  
Sarvenaz Vandyousefi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Low Income ◽  
School Health ◽  
Physical Activity Intervention ◽  
Vegetable Intake ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Nutrition Intervention ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable

ABSTRACT Background Cooking interventions have been linked to reductions in obesity and improvements in dietary intake in children. Objective To assess whether child cooking involvement (CCI) was associated with fruit intake (FI), vegetable intake (VI), vegetable preference (VP), and vegetable exposure (VE) in children participating in the Texas, Grow! Eat! Go! (TGEG) randomized controlled trial. Methods Baseline data from TGEG included 1231 3rd grade students and their parents. Conducted in 28 low-income, primarily Hispanic schools across Texas, TGEG schools were assigned to: 1) Coordinated School Health (CSH) only (control group), 2) CSH plus gardening and nutrition intervention (Learn, Grow, Eat & Go! or LGEG group), 3) CSH plus physical activity intervention (Walk Across Texas or WAT group), and 4) CSH plus LGEG plus WAT (combined group). Height, weight, dietary intake, VE, VP, and CCI were collected at baseline and postintervention. Linear regressions were used to assess the relation between baseline CCI and fruit and vegetable (FV) intake, VE, and VP. A priori covariates included age, sex, race/ethnicity, and TGEG treatment group. Results Children who were always involved in family cooking had higher VP and VE when compared with children who were never involved in family cooking (β = 3.26; 95% CI: 1.67, 4.86; P &lt; 0.01 and β = 2.26; 95% CI: 0.67, 3.85; P &lt; 0.01, respectively). Both VI and FI were higher for children who were always involved in family cooking compared with children who never cooked with their family (β = 2.45; 95% CI: 1.47, 3.44; P &lt; 0.01 and β = 0.93; 95% CI: 0.48, 1.39; P &lt; 0.01, respectively). VI and fruit consumption were higher for children who reported being sometimes involved in family cooking compared with children who were never involved in family cooking, (β = 1.47; 95% CI: 0.51, 2.42; P &lt; 0.01, and β = 0.64; 95% CI: 0.20, 1.08; P &lt; 0.01, respectively). Conclusions Results show a positive relation between family cooking and FV intake and preference in high-risk, minority children.

scholarly journals Fruit and Vegetable Intake Assessed by Repeat 24 h Recalls, but Not by A Dietary Screener, Is Associated with Skin Carotenoid Measurements in Children

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 980
Author(s):  
Rebecca A. Seguin-Fowler ◽  
Karla L. Hanson ◽  
Grace A. Marshall ◽  
Emily H. Belarmino ◽  
Stephanie B. Jilcott Pitts ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Vegetable Intake ◽  
Resonance Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable Intake ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Dietary Interventions ◽  
Research Setting ◽  
Baseline Values ◽  
Reported Data ◽  
Dietary Screener

Accurate measurement of fruit and vegetable (FV) intake is important for nutrition surveillance and evaluation of dietary interventions. We compared two tools for reporting FV intake to objective measurement of skin carotenoids among children. FV cups/day was assessed by repeated 24 h dietary recalls (24H FV) and the National Cancer Institute’s All-Day Fruit and Vegetable Screener (NCI FV). Skin carotenoids were measured by repeated resonance Raman spectroscopy (RRS) of the palm. FV cups were regressed on RRS scores in unadjusted, field-based, and research-setting models with covariates feasible in each scenario. Data were baseline values from children aged 2–12 years in low-income households enrolled in a healthy eating randomized trial in four U.S. states (n = 177). Twenty-four-hour FV cups were associated with skin carotenoids in all models (p < 0.001) but NCI FV cups were not. Predicted RRS scores for discrete 24H FV cups provide a guide to interpretation of RRS in children (2 cups FV intake ~36,000 RRS units), with the research-setting scenario generally providing the narrowest prediction range (+/−1924). When self-reported data are required, 24 h recalls are more accurate than NCI FV screener data; and, when limited time, resources, or literacy must be considered, RRS scores can be quickly obtained and easily interpreted.

scholarly journals Impact of California Children’s Power Play! Campaign on Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Physical Activity among Fourth- and Fifth-Grade Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angie Keihner ◽  
Nila Rosen ◽  
Patricia Wakimoto ◽  
Lauren Goldstein ◽  
Sharon Sugerman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Vegetable Intake ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
After School ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Dietary Recall ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Power Play

Purpose. Examine the impact of the Children’s Power Play! Campaign on fruit and vegetable (FV) intake and physical activity (PA). Design. Study design was a cluster randomized, controlled trial. Setting. Forty-four low-resource public schools in San Diego County, California, were included in the study. Subjects. Study subjects comprised a total of 3463 fourth/fifth-graders (1571 intervention, 1892 control), with an 86.9% completion rate. Intervention. Throughout 10 weeks, activities were conducted during/after school, including weekly FV/PA lessons and PA breaks; biweekly classroom promotions/taste tests; posters displayed in/around schools; and weekly nutrition materials for parents. Measures. Self-reported FV intake (cups/d) and PA (min/d) were collected at baseline and follow-up using a diary-assisted, 24-hour dietary recall and Self-Administered Physical Activity Checklist. Analysis. Multivariate regression models adjusted for demographics and cluster design effects were used, with change as the dependent variable. Results. Intervention children, compared with controls, showed gains in daily FV intake (.26 cups, p < .001) and PA time at recess/lunch (5.1 minutes, p = .003), but not total daily PA minutes. Conclusion. Power Play! can help schools and community organizations improve low-income children’s FV intake and PA during recess/lunch.

scholarly journals Disparities in fresh fruit and vegetable intake by sociodemographic and behavioural factors among adults in China

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Li Li ◽  
Yifei Ouyang ◽  
Huijun Wang ◽  
Feifei Huang ◽  
Yun Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Vegetable Intake ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Income Group ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Fruit Intake ◽  
High Income Group ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Income Levels ◽  
Behavioural Factors

Abstract Objective: To measure the associations of sociodemographic and behavioural factors with fruit and vegetable consumption among adults in China. Design: A cross-sectional study. Setting: A 2015 wave of the China Health and Nutrition Survey. Participants: Totally, 11 910 adults aged 18 to 64 years. Results: Adjusted log binomial regression analyses showed that adults with higher income levels had higher fruit intake than those with low income levels (medium income group, risk ratio (RR): 1·28; 95 % CI: 1·16, 1·41; high income group, RR: 1·58; 95 % CI: 1·43, 1·74). Current smokers had lower fruit intake than non-smokers (RR: 0·86; 95 % CI: 0·77, 0·96). Adults living in southern China had higher vegetable intake (RR: 1·88; 95 % CI: 1·76, 2·01) but lower fruit intake (RR: 0·85; 95 % CI: 0·79, 0·91) than adults in northern China. With increasing age, adults had higher fruit intake (50–64 years, RR: 1·20; 95 % CI: 1·09, 1·33; reference category 18–34 years) and higher vegetable intake (35–49 years, RR: 1·13; 95 % CI: 1·05, 1·22; 50–64 years, RR: 1·22; 95 % CI: 1·13, 1·31). Conclusions: Our findings identify a range of sociodemographic and behavioural factors associated with fruit and vegetable consumption among Chinese adults. They also point to the need for public health nutrition interventions for socially disadvantaged populations in China.

scholarly journals Reduction in Vegetable Intake Disparities With a Web-Based Nutrition Education Intervention Among Lower-Income Adults in Japan: Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saki Nakamura ◽  
Takayo Inayama ◽  
Kazuhiro Harada ◽  
Takashi Arao
Keyword(s):  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Vegetable Intake ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Income Group ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Low And Middle Income

BACKGROUND No existing Web-based nutrition education interventions have been evaluated in light of socioeconomic status just in Japan. OBJECTIVE The aim was to investigate the effect of a Web-based intervention program on reducing vegetable intake disparities between low- and middle-income Japanese adults. METHODS In this randomized controlled trial, participants were assessed at three time points—baseline, postintervention (5 weeks later), and a follow-up after 3 months—from October 2015 to March 2016. We collected data via a Japanese online research service company from 8564 adults aged 30 to 59 years. Participants were stratified according to national population statistics for gender and age, and randomly selected. They were then randomly allocated into intervention (n=900) and control (n=600) groups such that both groups contained an equal number of individuals with low and middle income. The intervention program encouraged behavior change using behavioral theories and techniques tailored to their assumed stage of change. The outcome was vegetable intake servings per day (1 serving being approximately 70 g). RESULTS Out of 900 participants who started, 450 were from the middle income group (of which 386 or 85.7% completed the intervention), and 450 were from the low income group (of which 371 or 82.4% completed). In the intervention group, vegetable intake increased in the low-income participants from baseline to postintervention (0.42 servings, 95% CI 0.11-0.72). A two-way analysis of variance showed that low-income participants had significant main effects of group (η2=0.04, P=.01) and time (η2=0.01, P<.001), and a significant interaction (η2=0.01, P=.009). Middle-income participants also had a significant main effect of time (η2=0.01, P=.006) and a significant interaction (η2=0.01, P=.046). CONCLUSIONS This Web-based nutritional education intervention could fill the vegetable intake gap between low- and middle-income adults in Japan, and is expected to prevent noncommunicable and lifestyle-related diseases. Further intervention program improvements are necessary to maintain and increase vegetable intake for other groups. CLINICALTRIAL Current Controlled Trials (UMIN-ICDR): UMIN000019376; https://upload.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ icdr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000022404 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6u9wihBZU)

Analysing capabilities and resources used to incorporate fruit and vegetables into the family diet: findings from an Australian case study

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Samantha B Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Vegetable Intake ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Fruit And Vegetables ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Organizational Skills ◽  
Australian Case ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
Conducting Research

Research attributes low fruit and vegetable consumption to problems of access, availability and affordability. We conducted, for the first time, a case study with three families designed and analysed using the sustainable Livelihoods Framework. The benefit of such an approach is that we moved away from identified barriers and towards identifying the capabilities and resources low-income families use to incorporate fruit and vegetables into their diets. Mitigating cost and access, we provided families with a box of fresh fruit and vegetables free of charge for up to 10 weeks and observed and recorded how/if the contents were used. Results identify the importance of social networking, organizational skills, knowledge of health benefits, and social structures. This paper demonstrates an effective methodology for understanding the capabilities of, rather than barriers to, low-income families increasing fruit and vegetable intake. Additionally, we provide a ‘how to’ and ‘lessons from the field’ for researchers interested in conducting research of this nature.

scholarly journals Increasing demand for school counselling through a lay counsellor-delivered classroom sensitisation intervention: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial in New Delhi, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. e003902
Author(s):  
Rachana Parikh ◽  
Adriaan Hoogendoorn ◽  
Daniel Michelson ◽  
Jeroen Ruwaard ◽  
Rhea Sharma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Stepped Wedge ◽  
Whole School ◽  
Cluster Randomised ◽  
Randomised Controlled

IntroductionWe evaluated a classroom-based sensitisation intervention that was designed to reduce demand-side barriers affecting referrals to a school counselling programme. The sensitisation intervention was offered in the context of a host trial evaluating a low-intensity problem-solving treatment for common adolescent mental health problems.MethodsWe conducted a stepped-wedge, cluster randomised controlled trial with 70 classes in 6 secondary schools serving low-income communities in New Delhi, India.The classes were randomised to receive a classroom sensitisation session involving a brief video presentation and moderated group discussion, delivered by a lay counsellor over one class period (intervention condition, IC), in two steps of 4 weeks each. The control condition (CC) was whole-school sensitisation (teacher-meetings and whole-school activities such as poster displays). The primary outcome was the proportion of students referred into the host trial. Secondary outcomes were the proportion of students who met mental health caseness criteria and the proportion of self-referred adolescents.ResultsBetween 20 August 2018 and 9 December 2018, 835 students (23.3% of all students) were referred into the host trial. The referred sample included 591 boys (70.8%), and had a mean age of 15.8 years, SD=0.06; 194 students (31.8% of 610 with complete data) met mental health caseness criteria. The proportion of students referred in each trial conditionwas significantly higher in the IC (IC=21.7%, CC=1.5%, OR=111.36, 95% CI 35.56 to 348.77, p<0.001). The proportion of self-referred participants was also higher in the IC (IC=98.1%, CC=89.1%, Pearson χ2 (1)=16.92, p<0.001). Although the proportion of referred students meeting caseness criteria was similar in both conditions (IC=32.0% vs CC=28.1%), the proportion weighted for the total student population was substantially higher in the IC (IC=5.2%, CC=0.3%, OR=52.39, 95% CI 12.49 to 219.66,p<0.001).ConclusionA single, lay counsellor-delivered, classroom sensitisation session increased psychological help-seeking for common mental health problems among secondary school pupils from urban, low-income communities in India.Trial registration numberNCT03633916.

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