Investigation of vegetable and fruit intake of First Nation schoolchildren: Do school nutrition programs make a difference?

• Main Author: Gates, Allison
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Waterloo 2010
• Subjects: nutrition; First Nation; Aboriginal; children; vegetable and fruit; school; Health Studies and Gerontology; Attawapiskat; Fort Albany; Georgina Island; Kashechewan; Moose Factory; Peawanuck; First Nations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/5434

Objectives: To investigate the vegetable and fruit, “other” foods, fibre, folate, vitamin A, and vitamin C intakes of First Nations children and adolescents residing in seven communities in northern and southern Ontario, including variations by year and community, and comparisons to current dietary...