Jihun Lee, Ah-Hyoung Lee, Vincent Leung, Farah Laiwalla, Miguel Angel Lopez-Gordo, Lawrence Larson, Arto Nurmikko
An asynchronous wireless network for capturing event-driven data from large populations of autonomous sensors
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randomized controlled trial examines effects school garden intervention childrens fruit vegetable fv consumption school two years randomly assigned schools intervention group received gardens related curriculum n 24 waitlist control group received gardens curriculum conclusion study n 22 children second fourth fifth grade baseline n 2767 lowincome schools n 46 four us states arkansas iowa new york washington participated intervention comprised gardens classroom curriculum focused nutrition plant science horticulture including activities fv tasting sessions resources school addressed topics soil contamination food safety implementation guide focused issues related planning planting maintaining garden year engaging volunteers summer gardening building community capacity sustaining gardening program fv consumption measured photographing lunches children ate 23 days baseline 3 subsequent periods data collection intervention fv consumption calculated using digital food image analysis among children intervention fruit consumption lowfat vegetable consumption increased pregarden baseline postgarden among control group children garden intervention fidelity gif also predicted changes dietary intake robust interventions showing stronger effect weaker interventions giflessons particularly potent predictor change dietary intake school gardens modestly increase childrens fv consumption school