Zefeng Huang, Zhonghua Gou, Senhong Cai
Energy justice in education sector: The impact of student demographics on elementary and secondary school energy consumption
Heliyon
purpose study investigate eating behaviors social cognitive factors affect fruit vegetable consumption strategies change pros cons enjoyment family support peer influence measured children ages 810 years pre post zest quest program pre n 82 post n 80 children comparison group selected comparable elementary schools pre post measures evaluated pre n 92 post n 87 chisquared analyses conducted individual measures spearman correlations linear regression used composite variables fruit vegetable consumption dependent variable results study demonstrated significant moderate correlations fruit change strategies pre rs 039 postintervention rs 033 vegetable change strategies preintervention rs 042 zest quest group peer influence rs 033 enjoyment rs 038 showed significant moderate correlations fruit intake comparison group regression analysis showed pros 024 p value 005 cons 014 p value 005 significant predictors fruit intake postintervention zest quest group prior intervention strategies change 010 p value 002 significant predictor fruit intake cons 015 p value 003 vegetable intake group family support peer influence significant regression models demonstrated significance crude model eating behaviors social cognitive factors may effect fruit vegetable consumption measures difficult capture future research continue exploring impact family support peer influence fruit vegetable intake