Caroline E Temcheff, Michèle Déry, Renée A St-Pierre, Myriam Laventure, Jean-Pascal Lemelin
Precocious Initiation into Smoking, Alcohol Use, and Gambling among Children with Conduct Problems
Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie
examined prevalence school garden programs us public elementary schools study examined time trends demographic regional disparities associations related programs farmtoschool annual surveys gathered nationally representative samples elementary schools 20062007 20132014 annual samples ranged 553 748 schools prevalence gardens increased steadily 119 20062007 312 20132014 p 001 multivariate logistic regressions prevalence garden programs varied significantly school characteristics gardens prevalent west regions gardens less prevalent schools serving higher proportions lowerincome students prevalent urban schools suburbs towns rural areas gardens common schools farmtoschool programs gardens also associated offering formal classroombased nutrition education garden programs elementary schools increased time room wider implementation particularly schools serving lowerincome students given role childhood establishing food preferences dietary consumption habits programs important reinforce messages imparted nutrition education