scholarly journals Nutrition Campaign Knowledge and Dietary Behavior in Middle School Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah E. Roth ◽  
Monique Gill ◽  
Alec M. Chan-Golston ◽  
Catherine M. Crespi ◽  
Stephanie L. Albert ◽  
...  
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.

scholarly journals Relationship between perception of emotional home atmosphere and fruit and vegetable consumption

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Hunsberger ◽  
H A G Elsayed
Keyword(s):  
Sex Education ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Dietary Behavior ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Consumption Frequency ◽  
Emotional Aspects ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Effect

Abstract Objective Consumption of fruits and vegetables (FV) among adolescents falls below recommendations in many Western countries. The impact of socio and emotional aspects of family life on adolescent dietary behavior may contribute to this, yet remains under-investigated. This study examines the association between adolescents’ perceptions of emotional home atmosphere (EHA) and their FV consumption frequency. Design A food frequency questionnaire was used to assess FV consumption frequency. EHA was assessed by an eight item measure with three subscales: perceived home warmth, strictness and relational tension. EHA subscales were used as binary variables: a score equal to or above the median value was considered as a higher perception while a score below the median was considered as a lower perception of the EHA in question. Country differences in meeting the European 5/day recommendations are described. Further, the association between EHA and FV consumption frequency is investigated using multiple linear regression. Setting: Regional examination centers in eight European countries. Subjects: 3196 adolescents aged 12-18 years. Results The mean FV consumption frequency was 3.27(SD = 2.84) times/day. Only 16.1% of boys and 18% of girls in our study sample met the recommendation of 5 times/day. After controlling for age, sex, education level of the parents and country of origin, perceived home warmth was associated with a 16% higher FV consumption frequency (P < 0.001; 95% CI 9- 22). Conclusions FV consumption frequency was suboptimal in the survey areas. Interventions targeting perceived warmth as a component of EHA could potentially have a positive effect on adolescents’ dietary behavior. Key messages The home atmosphere may be an important driver of fruit and vegetable consumption. Fruit and vegetable consumption is often suboptimal and efforts should be made to target adolescent consumption behaviors.

scholarly journals The Impact of a Multi-Pronged Intervention on Students’ Perceptions of School Lunch Quality and Convenience and Self-Reported Fruit and Vegetable Consumption

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (16) ◽  
pp. 5987
Author(s):  
Stephanie S. Machado ◽  
Lorrene D. Ritchie ◽  
Hannah R. Thompson ◽  
Kristine A. Madsen
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Vegetable Intake ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
School Lunch ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Perceptions Of School

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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