The PRO GREENS intervention in Finnish schoolchildren - the degree of implementation affects both mediators and the intake of fruits and vegetables

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1185-1194

  Lehto, Reetta ^a   Määttä, Suvi ^a   Lehto, Elviira ^a,b   Ray, Carola ^a   Te Velde, Saskia ^c   Lien, Nanna ^d   Thorsdottir, Inga ^e   Yngve, Agneta ^f   Roos, Eva ^a,b  

^a FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^f ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fruits and vegetables; Implementation; Mediation; School based interventions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FAST FOOD; FINLAND; FINN (CITIZEN); FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SPRING; TASTE PREFERENCE; VEGETABLE; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; MALE; PROCEDURES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

CHILD; DIET; EUROPE; FACULTY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SNACKS; STUDENTS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84921765517     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114514001767     Document Type: Article

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