Ebony I Evans, Kathleen J Pincus, Hyunuk Seung, Charmaine D Rochester-Eyeguokan
Health Literacy of Patients using Continuous Glucose Monitoring
Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA
although school garden programs shown improve dietary behaviors clusterrandomized controlled trial rct conducted examine effects school garden programs obesity health outcomes goal study evaluate effects oneyear schoolbased gardening nutrition cooking intervention called texas sprouts dietary intake obesity outcomes blood pressure elementary school children study schoolbased cluster rct 16 elementary schools randomly assigned either texas sprouts intervention n 8 schools control delayed intervention n 8 schools intervention one school year long 9 months consisted garden leadership committee formation b 025acre outdoor teaching garden c 18 student gardening nutrition cooking lessons taught trained educators throughout schoolyear nine monthly parent lessons delayed intervention implemented following academic year received protocol intervention arm child outcomes measured anthropometrics ie bmi parameters waist circumference body fat percentage via bioelectrical impedance blood pressure dietary intake ie vegetable fruit sugar sweetened beverages via survey data analyzed complete cases imputations random generalized weighted linear mixed models used test intervention effects account clustering effect sampling school total 3135 children enrolled study intervention n 1412 45 average age 92 years 64 hispanic 47 male 69 eligible free reduced lunch intervention compared control resulted increased vegetable intake 048 vs 004 frequencyday p 002 effects intervention compared control fruit intake sugar sweetened beverages obesity measures blood pressure schoolbased gardening nutrition cooking program reduce obesity markers blood pressure result increased vegetable intake possible longer sustained effect increased vegetable intake needed lead reductions obesity markers blood pressure nct02668744