Evaluating free school fruit: Results from a natural experiment in Norway with representative data

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1224-1231

  Ovrum, Arnstein ^a   Bere, Elling ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fruit and vegetables; Norway; Representative data; School fruit

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DIET; ECONOMICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NORWAY; PARENT; PORTION SIZE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SERVICES; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NORWAY; PARENTS; PORTION SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOLS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84903202527     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013002504     Document Type: Article

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