Siobhán M Mattison, Logan Gin, Allistair A Abraham, Megan Moodie, Feranmi Okanlami, Katherine Wander
Community voices: broadening participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine among persons with disabilities
Nature communications
environmentally sustainable food initiatives accompanying nutrition education food education sustainability training feast program gained traction school settings aim trial conduct impact process evaluation feast evaluate effect childrens fruit vegetable fv intakes secondary outcomes fv variety consumed nutrition knowledge food preparationcooking skills selfefficacy behaviours food waste knowledge behaviours food production knowledge feast 10week curriculumaligned program designed educate children healthy eating food waste sustainability teaching cooking skills implemented classroom teachers facetoface online covid19 school closures australia 2021 custom designed survey used collect baseline postintervention data students generalised linear mixed models glmm estimated group differences prepost changes primary secondary outcomes surveys also administered students teachers evaluate intervention implementation twenty schools participated selfselected either intervention schools n 10 waitlist control wlc schools n 10 total 977 5th 6th grade children participated trial mean age 111 years sd 07 feast intervention compared wlc result significant increases primary outcomes secondary outcomes process evaluation revealed feast wellreceived students teachers covid19 school closures hindered implementation fidelity less intense program delivered constraints pandemic lockdowns first cluster nonrandomized controlled trial designed independently evaluate feast primaryschool setting evidence found improved fv intakes children secondary outcomes however positive process evaluation results suggest trials program warranted implemented originally designed prepandemic increased duration complemented supporting school policies programs potential improve childrens daily fv intakes cooking skills food waste behaviours would support australian curriculum contribute health promotion within schools sustainable schools initiatives national agenda reduce food waste sustainable development goals australian new zealand clinical trials registry actrn12620001347954 registered prospectively 14122020