Promoting fruit and vegetable consumption among European schoolchildren

Autor(en)

Knut Inge Klepp, Carmen Pérez-Rodrigo, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Pernille Due, Ibrahim Elmadfa, Jóhanna Haraldsdóttir, Jürgen König, Michael Sjöström, Inga Thórsdóttir, Maria Daniel Vaz De Almeida, Agneta Yngve, Johannes Brug

Abstrakt

Background/Aims: 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.

Organisation(en)

Department für Ernährungswissenschaften

Externe Organisation(en)

University of Oslo (UiO), Deparment of Public Health, Ghent University , University of Copenhagen, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Massey University, Karolinska Institute, Landspitali-University Hospital, Erasmus Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam

Journal

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism: European journal of nutrition, metabolic diseases and dietetics

Band

49

Seiten

212-220

Anzahl der Seiten

9

ISSN

0250-6807

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1159/000087245

Publikationsdatum

07-2005

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

303009 Ernährungswissenschaften

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Medicine (miscellaneous), Nutrition and Dietetics

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/promoting-fruit-and-vegetable-consumption-among-european-schoolchildren(cb4f753b-779a-45cf-beef-249d746b47c0).html