Promoting fruit and vegetable consumption among European schoolchildren: Rationale, conceptualization and design of the Pro Children Project
BackgroundlAims: The Pro Children Project was designed to assess fruit and vegetable consumption in European schoolchildren and their parents, as well as determinants of the children's consumption patterns. A second objective was to develop and test strategies, applicable across Europe, for pro...
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ftunivgent:oai:archive.ugent.be:683510 2023-06-11T04:13:14+02:00 Promoting fruit and vegetable consumption among European schoolchildren: Rationale, conceptualization and design of the Pro Children Project Klepp, K.I. Perez-Rodrigo, C. De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse Due, P. Elmadfa, I. Haraldsdottir, J. Koning, J. Sjostrom, M. Thorsdottir, I. de Almeida, M.D.V. Yngve, A. Brug, J. 2005 application/pdf https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/683510 http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-683510 https://doi.org/10.1159/000087245 https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/683510/file/6819458 eng eng KARGER https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/683510 http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-683510 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000087245 https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/683510/file/6819458 No license (in copyright) info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM ISSN: 0250-6807 Medicine and Health Sciences Risk-Factors Physical-Activity Increase Fruit Nutrition Education School-Based Intervention European schoolchildren and parents fruit consumption vegetable consumption Gimme 5 Program Health Adolescents Behavior journalArticle info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2005 ftunivgent https://doi.org/10.1159/000087245 2023-05-10T22:29:36Z BackgroundlAims: The Pro Children Project was designed to assess fruit and vegetable consumption in European schoolchildren and their parents, as well as determinants of the children's consumption patterns. A second objective was to develop and test strategies, applicable across Europe, for promoting consumption of fruits and vegetables among schoolchildren and their parents. In this paper, the rationale, theoretical background, overall design and implementation of the project is presented. Methods: Surveys of national, representative samples of 11-year-old schoolchildren and their parents were conducted in 9 countries, i.e. in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. Comprehensive school-based educational programmes have been developed and tested in three settings, i.e. in Spain, the Netherlands and in Norway. A precoded 24-hour recall form combined with a set of food frequency questions assessing regular intake were used to assess fruit and vegetable consumption. Determinants were assessed employing a comprehensive theoretical framework including personal, social and environmental factors related to fruit and vegetable consumption. The intervention programmes have been tested employing a group-randomized trial design where schools have been randomly allocated to an intervention arm and a delayed intervention arm. Surveys among all participating children and their parents were conducted prior to the initiation of the intervention, immediately after the end of the intervention and at the end of the subsequent school year. Conclusion: The project is expected to provide new information of great importance for improving our understanding of consumption patterns of fruits and vegetables and for guiding future efforts to promote increased consumption patterns across Europe Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Ghent University Academic Bibliography Norway Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism 49 4 212 220 |
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BackgroundlAims: The Pro Children Project was designed to assess fruit and vegetable consumption in European schoolchildren and their parents, as well as determinants of the children's consumption patterns. A second objective was to develop and test strategies, applicable across Europe, for promoting consumption of fruits and vegetables among schoolchildren and their parents. In this paper, the rationale, theoretical background, overall design and implementation of the project is presented. Methods: Surveys of national, representative samples of 11-year-old schoolchildren and their parents were conducted in 9 countries, i.e. in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. Comprehensive school-based educational programmes have been developed and tested in three settings, i.e. in Spain, the Netherlands and in Norway. A precoded 24-hour recall form combined with a set of food frequency questions assessing regular intake were used to assess fruit and vegetable consumption. Determinants were assessed employing a comprehensive theoretical framework including personal, social and environmental factors related to fruit and vegetable consumption. The intervention programmes have been tested employing a group-randomized trial design where schools have been randomly allocated to an intervention arm and a delayed intervention arm. Surveys among all participating children and their parents were conducted prior to the initiation of the intervention, immediately after the end of the intervention and at the end of the subsequent school year. Conclusion: The project is expected to provide new information of great importance for improving our understanding of consumption patterns of fruits and vegetables and for guiding future efforts to promote increased consumption patterns across Europe |
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Klepp, K.I. Perez-Rodrigo, C. De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse Due, P. Elmadfa, I. Haraldsdottir, J. Koning, J. Sjostrom, M. Thorsdottir, I. de Almeida, M.D.V. Yngve, A. Brug, J. |
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Promoting fruit and vegetable consumption among European schoolchildren: Rationale, conceptualization and design of the Pro Children Project |
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Promoting fruit and vegetable consumption among European schoolchildren: Rationale, conceptualization and design of the Pro Children Project |
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Promoting fruit and vegetable consumption among European schoolchildren: Rationale, conceptualization and design of the Pro Children Project |
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