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background school gardening interventions typically include cooking gardening cg components however studies examined associations cg psychosocial behaviors attitudes selfefficacy motivation dietary intake obesity parameters study assessed association changes cg behaviors changes dietary intake obesity participants la sprouts study afterschool 12week randomized controlled cg intervention conducted four innercity elementary schools los angeles methods process analysis using data 290 lowincome primarily hispaniclatino third fifthgrade students randomized either la sprouts intervention n 160 control group n 130 height weight waist circumference dietary intake via questionnaire cg behaviors collected baseline postintervention linear regressions determined whether changes cg behaviors predicted changes dietary intake obesity outcomes results differences changes cg psychosocial behaviors intervention control groups therefore groups combined participants 49 male 87 hispaniclatino average age nine increases cooking behaviors significantly predicted increases dietary fiber intake p 0004 increases vegetable intake p 003 increases gardening behaviors significantly predicted increased intake dietary fiber p 002 changes cg behaviors associated changes bmi zscore waist circumference conclusions results study suggest schoolbased interventions incorporate cg components despite potentially costly timeintensive nature behaviors may responsible improvements dietary intake highrisk minority youth