A Corcoran, D Shore, R P Boesch, M Chopra, S Das, D DiBardino, S Goldfarb, A Haas, E Hysinger, P Phinizy, A Vicencio, J Toth, J Piccione
Practices and perspectives on advanced diagnostic and interventional bronchoscopy among pediatric pulmonologists in the United States
Pediatric pulmonology
norwegian children lower intake fruit vegetables higher intake unhealthy snacks compared dietary guidelines dietary inadequacies may detrimental current future health schools favorable settings establish healthy eating practices still school meal arrangement provided norway children typically bring packed lunches home aim study investigate whether serving free healthy school meal one year resulted higher intake fruit vegetables lower intake unhealthy snacks total among 1012yearolds norway school meal project southern norway nonrandomized trial two elementary schools rural areas school year 20142015 study sample consisted 10 12yearold children intervention group n 55 control group n 109 resulting total 164 school children baseline food frequency questionnaire completed children baseline five months followup one year assess fruit vegetable snacks intake multiple linear regression analyses performed assess intervention effects overall intake fruit vegetables unhealthy snacks serving free healthy school meal one year associated higher weekly intake vegetables sandwiches intervention group compared control group adjusted baseline intake b 111 95 ci 38 185 end intervention significant intervention effects found remaining fruit vegetables measures serving free healthy school meal associated lower weekly intake unhealthy snacks ie potato chips candy sugar sweetened beverages intervention group compared control group free healthy school meal associated higher weekly intake vegetables sandwiches significantly change investigated dietary behaviors however given inadequate intake vegetables among children even moderate improvements public health relevance free healthy school meal school children could beneficial isrctn61703361 date registration december 3rd 2018 retrospectively registered