Sherry Everett Jones, Gery P Guy
Sun Safety Practices Among Schools in the United States
JAMA dermatology
selfreported fruit vegetable fv consumption children limitations could overcome objective measures easy implement veggie meter vm noninvasive portable device measures skin carotenoid levels concentration biomarker usual fv intake vm used measure fv consumption adults studies explored use elementary school settings designing research studies using vm elementary schoolage children requires understanding well device used school setting distribution vm scores population used vm measure skin carotenoids diverse sample 143 elementary school children also answered commonly asked questions consumption frequency fv previous day multivariable regression used assess independent association demographic variables vm scores vm scores also compared studentreported fv intake weak statistically significant correlation reported frequency total vegetable consumption previous day observed vm scores r 0174 p 0042 study provides example successful use vm school setting collect objective measure fv intake provides important description data inform future studies