Nadine Schäffer Blum, Bente Appel Esbensen, Mikkel Østergaard, Ann Bremander, Oliver Hendricks, Luise Holberg Lindgren, Lena Andersen, Kim Vilbaek Jensen, Jette Primdahl
Patients' experience of a novel interdisciplinary nurse-led self-management intervention (INSELMA)-a qualitative evaluation
BMC rheumatology
rates metabolic syndrome rise children consume vegetables much added sugar children tend eat available home home environment plays key role shaping dietary habits secondary analysis evaluated effects schoolbased gardening cooking nutrition education intervention tx sprouts compared control availability vegetables fruit juice sugarsweetened beverages ssbs home tx sprouts clusterrandomized trial 16 schools randomized tx sprouts n 8 schools control n 8 schools one academic year schools served predominately hispanic families low incomes tx sprouts built school gardens taught 18 lessons 3rd5th grade students intervention schools tx sprouts also offered monthly caregiver lessons andor school caregivers completed questionnaires pre post providing demographics information home availability vegetables fruit juice ssbs summary statistics used describe sociodemographic characteristics participants linear regression assessed change scores pre post food beverage availability question model adjusted caregivers education employment status childs grade free reducedprice lunch eligibility analytic sample included 895 participants compared control intervention positively changed home availability targeted foods beverages largely improving availability vegetables vegetable juice study showed school gardening nutrition cooking program delivered elementary children may positively influence home food environment