Itsuko Horiguchi, Kazuo Koyama, Azusa Hirakawa, Mieko Shiomi, Kaoruko Tachibana, Katsuyuki Watanabe
Comparison of the Importance and Prioritization of Information Communicated to Consumers by Experts Regarding Food Safety
Food safety (Tokyo, Japan)
study evaluate moving recess lunch effect amount fruits vegetables elementary school students eat part schoolprovided lunch participants 1st6th grade students three schools switched recess lunch four similar schools continued hold recess lunch collected data average 14 days school 4 days spring 2011 may 3 june 1 2011 9 days fall 2011 september 19 november 11 2011 schools orem ut data collected students receiving school lunch based observational plate waste data find moving recess lunch increased consumption fruits vegetables 016 servings per child 54 increase increased fraction children eating least one serving fruits vegetables 10 percentage points 45 increase contrast schools control group actually experienced small reduction fruit vegetable consumption time period results show benefits holding recess lunch suggest schools implement policy would significant increases fruit vegetable consumption among students eat school lunch part national school lunch program