Student and Faculty Publications
Publication Date
1-1-2023
Journal
Frontiers in Nutrition
Abstract
As rates of metabolic syndrome rise, children consume too few vegetables and too much added sugar. Because children tend to eat what is available at home, the home environment plays a key role in shaping dietary habits. This secondary analysis evaluated the effects of a school-based gardening, cooking, and nutrition education intervention (TX Sprouts) compared to control on the availability of vegetables, fruit juice, and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) at home. In the TX Sprouts cluster-randomized trial, 16 schools were randomized to TX Sprouts (
Keywords
school garden, home food environment, home food availability, school-based intervention, nutrition education, Hispanic (demographic), low-income children
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PMID: 38162521