A pilot study of the effect of providing daily free fruit to primary-school children in Auckland, New Zealand

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 693-701

  Ashfield Watt, Pauline A L ^a   Stewart, Elizabeth A ^a   Scheffer, Judi A ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Children; Fruit; Nutrition; Randomised controlled trial; School

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; CATERING SERVICE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

CHILD; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SERVICES; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRITION POLICY; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 67650369869     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008002954     Document Type: Article

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