Effects of a comprehensive fruit- and vegetable-promoting school-based intervention in three European countries: The Pro Children Study

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 893-903

  te Velde, Saskia J ^a   Brug, J ^a,b   Wind, M ^b,c   Hildonen, C ^c   Bjelland, M ^c   Perez Rodrigo C ^d   Klepp, K I ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d Department of Public Health   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fruit and vegetable intake; School based interventions; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPAIN; VEGETABLE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FAMILY HEALTH; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SPAIN; VEGETABLES;

EID: 40449103433     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000711450782513X     Document Type: Article

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