Vilmantė Pakalniškienė, Roma Jusienė, Sandra B Sebre, Jennifer Chun-Li Wu, Ilona Laurinaitytė
Children's Internet Use Profiles in Relation to Behavioral Problems in Lithuania, Latvia, and Taiwan
International journal of environmental research and public health
evaluate effect exploratory 12week nutrition cooking gardening trial la sprouts preference fruit vegetables fv willingness try fv identification fv selfefficacy garden eat cook fv motivation garden eat cook fv attitudes toward fv nutrition gardening knowledge home gardening habits randomized controlled trial four elementary schools three hundred four predominately hispaniclatino third fifthgrade students randomized either la sprouts group n 167 students control group n 137 students twelveweek afterschool nutrition cooking gardening intervention determinants dietary behavior measured questionnaire baseline postintervention analyses covariance 12week program compared controls la sprouts participants improved scores identification vegetables 11 vs 5 p 001 nutrition gardening knowledge 145 vs 50 p 003 likely garden home 75 vs 44 p 003 la sprouts program positively affected number determinants dietary behaviors suggest possible mechanisms gardening nutrition education act improve dietary intake health outcomes