The efficacy of a brief, peer-led nutrition education
intervention in increasing fruit and vegetable consumption: a
wait-list, community-based randomised controlled trial. Summary
of "The efficacy of a brief, peer-led nutrition education
intervention in increasing fruit and vegetable consumption: a
wait-list, community-based randomised controlled trial." The
objective of the present research was to test the efficacy of
Fruit & Veg $ense sessions in increasing fruit and vegetable
consumption. A wait-list randomised controlled trial was
conducted (n 292). Intervention participants attended a Fruit &
Veg $ense session and received newsletters at weeks 2 and 5
after attending the session. All participants completed an FFQ
and a questionnaire measuring knowledge, attitudes, barriers and
stage of change for fruit and vegetable consumption at baseline
and 6 weeks. Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. Two
hundred and ninety-two parents with children of primary school
age. The intervention group significantly