Primary school interventions to promote fruit and vegetable consumption: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 3-9

  Delgado Noguera, Mario ^a   Tort, Sera ^b   Martínez Zapata, María José ^c   Bonfill, Xavier ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL CAUCA   (Colombia)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE SANT PAU IIB SANT PAU   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Controlled clinical trials; Fruit; Randomized controlled trials; Schools; Systematic review; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CURRICULUM; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EXERCISE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IRELAND; ITALY; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; NORWAY; NUTRITION SERVICE; PARENT; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCHOOL; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; SOCIAL STATUS; SPAIN; TEACHER; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

CHILD; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIET; FOOD SERVICES; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SCHOOLS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 79960615544     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.04.016     Document Type: Review

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