Maarten J G Leening, Eric Boersma
The perpetual need of randomized clinical trials: challenges and uncertainties in emulating the REDUCE-AMI trial
European journal of epidemiology
filipino children aged 610 yrs consuming poor quantities quality food based 2013 philippine national nutrition survey years healthy eating habits must formed family influence within background complete package nutrition interventionfeeding nutrition classes pilot tested selected schools determine 1 changes nutrition attitude behavior 2 food intake schoolchildren intervention quasiexperimental design used study school children aged 79 yrs enrolled selected philippine public elementary schools motherscaregivers study participants profile sociodemographic data collected participant baseline nutrition behavior food intake children determined using modified child diet evaluation tool cadet 24h food recall form respectively data analyzed using stata version 15 significant differences characteristics found among 339 childmother pairs 4 study groups modified cadet recorded improved mean attitude scores children ranging 22 24 points endline group receiving lunch feeding nutrition education classes group 3 perceived better behavior children reported mothers terms increased intake milk vegetables decreased consumption sugar improvements supported actual food intake children obtained 24h food recall family involvement particularly motherscaregivers appeared important factor shaping childrens eating behavior intervention package lunch feeding nutrition classes resulted substantial improvement childrens behavior actual food intake increased levels vegetables milk lowering sugar consumption adoption intervention package public elementary schools therefore pursued