School meal provision, health, and cognitive function in a Nordic setting - The ProMeal-study: Description of methodology and the Nordic context
Background: School meals, if both nutritious and attractive, provide a unique opportunity to improve health equality and public health. Objective: To describe the study rationale, data collection, and background of participants in the study ‘Prospects for promoting health and performance by school m...
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fthsvestlandet:oai:hvlopen.brage.unit.no:11250/2594298 2024-03-03T08:45:48+00:00 School meal provision, health, and cognitive function in a Nordic setting - The ProMeal-study: Description of methodology and the Nordic context Waling, Maria Olafsdottir, Anna Sigridur Lagström, Hanna Wergedahl, Hege Jonnson, Bert Olsson, Cecilia Fossgard, Eldbjørg Holthe, Asle Talvia, Sanna Gunnarsdottir, Ingibjorg Hörnell, Agneta Nordic countries 2016 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2594298 https://doi.org/10.3402/fnr.v60.30468 eng eng Swedish Nutrition Foundation Waling, M., Olafsdottir, A. S., Lagström, H., Wergedahl, H., Jonsson, B., Olsson, C., . . . Hörnell, A. (2016). School meal provision, health, and cognitive function in a Nordic setting – the ProMeal-study: description of methodology and the Nordic context. Food & Nutrition Research, 60(1). urn:issn:1654-6628 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2594298 https://doi.org/10.3402/fnr.v60.30468 cristin:1372050 Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no © 2016 Maria Waling et al. 11 60:30468 Food & Nutrition Research school meals Nordic countries education cognitive function dietary intake VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Ernæring: 811 Journal article Peer reviewed 2016 fthsvestlandet https://doi.org/10.3402/fnr.v60.30468 2024-02-02T12:41:07Z Background: School meals, if both nutritious and attractive, provide a unique opportunity to improve health equality and public health. Objective: To describe the study rationale, data collection, and background of participants in the study ‘Prospects for promoting health and performance by school meals in Nordic countries’ (ProMeal). The general aim was to determine whether overall healthiness of the diet and learning conditions in children can be improved by school lunches, and to capture the main concerns regarding school lunches among children in a Nordic context. Design: A cross-sectional, multidisciplinary study was performed in Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden on pupils (n=837) born in 2003. Results: In total 3,928 pictures of school lunches were taken to capture pupils’ school lunch intake. A mean of 85% of all parents responded to a questionnaire about socioeconomic background, dietary intake, and habitual physical activity at home. Cognitive function was measured on one occasion on 93% of the pupils during optimal conditions with a Stroop and a Child Operation Span test. A mean of 169 pupils also did an Integrated Visual and Auditory Continuous Performance Test after lunch over 3 days. In total, 37,413 10-sec observations of classroom learning behavior were performed. In addition, 753 empathy-based stories were written and 78 focus groups were conducted. The pupils had high socioeconomic status. Conclusions: This study will give new insights into which future interventions are needed to improve pupils’ school lunch intake and learning. The study will provide valuable information for policy making, not least in countries where the history of school meals is shorter than in some of the Nordic countries. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Høgskulen på Vestlandet: HVL Open Norway Food & Nutrition Research 60 1 30468 |
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Background: School meals, if both nutritious and attractive, provide a unique opportunity to improve health equality and public health. Objective: To describe the study rationale, data collection, and background of participants in the study ‘Prospects for promoting health and performance by school meals in Nordic countries’ (ProMeal). The general aim was to determine whether overall healthiness of the diet and learning conditions in children can be improved by school lunches, and to capture the main concerns regarding school lunches among children in a Nordic context. Design: A cross-sectional, multidisciplinary study was performed in Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden on pupils (n=837) born in 2003. Results: In total 3,928 pictures of school lunches were taken to capture pupils’ school lunch intake. A mean of 85% of all parents responded to a questionnaire about socioeconomic background, dietary intake, and habitual physical activity at home. Cognitive function was measured on one occasion on 93% of the pupils during optimal conditions with a Stroop and a Child Operation Span test. A mean of 169 pupils also did an Integrated Visual and Auditory Continuous Performance Test after lunch over 3 days. In total, 37,413 10-sec observations of classroom learning behavior were performed. In addition, 753 empathy-based stories were written and 78 focus groups were conducted. The pupils had high socioeconomic status. Conclusions: This study will give new insights into which future interventions are needed to improve pupils’ school lunch intake and learning. The study will provide valuable information for policy making, not least in countries where the history of school meals is shorter than in some of the Nordic countries. publishedVersion |
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School meal provision, health, and cognitive function in a Nordic setting - The ProMeal-study: Description of methodology and the Nordic context |
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School meal provision, health, and cognitive function in a Nordic setting - The ProMeal-study: Description of methodology and the Nordic context |
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School meal provision, health, and cognitive function in a Nordic setting - The ProMeal-study: Description of methodology and the Nordic context |
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Waling, M., Olafsdottir, A. S., Lagström, H., Wergedahl, H., Jonsson, B., Olsson, C., . . . Hörnell, A. (2016). School meal provision, health, and cognitive function in a Nordic setting – the ProMeal-study: description of methodology and the Nordic context. Food & Nutrition Research, 60(1). urn:issn:1654-6628 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2594298 https://doi.org/10.3402/fnr.v60.30468 cristin:1372050 |
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