Research Article
The Impact of an Intervention Taught by Trained Teachers on
Childhood Fruit and Vegetable Intake: A Randomized Trial
Table 1
Anthropometric and sociodemographic characteristics at baseline and after intervention.
| | Baseline | | After intervention | | | Intervention () | Control () | | Intervention () | Control () | |
| | Age (years)1 | 8.3 (1.2) | 8.2 (1.2) | 0.846 | 9.2 (0.9) | 9.1 (1.0) | 0.494 | | Boys, n (%)2 | 116 (49.8) | 109 (47.2) | | 76 (50.3) | 68 (47.6) | | | Girls, n (%)2 | 117 (50.2) | 122 (52.8) | 0.575 | 75 (49.7) | 75 (52.4) | 0.634 |
| | Motherās education, n (%)2 | | | | | | | | āUp to 9 years | 116 (58.6) | 128 (69.9) | | 77 (59.2) | 81 (69.8) | | | ā10ā12 years | 52 (26.3) | 36 (19.7) | | 32 (24.6) | 26 (22.4) | | | ā>12 years | 30 (15.2) | 19 (10.4) | 0.021 | 21 (16.2) | 9 (3.7) | 0.050 |
| | Fatherās education, n (%)2 | | | | | | | | āUp to 9 years | 122 (62.9) | 132 (75.9) | | 84 (65.6) | 82 (74.5) | | | ā10ā12 years | 39 (20.1) | 31 (17.8) | | 24 (18.8) | 20 (18.2) | | | ā>12 years | 33 (17.0) | 11 (6.3) | 0.003 | 20 (15.6) | 8 (3.4) | 0.087 |
| | Physical Activity Index, n (%)2 | | | | | | | | āSedentary | 23 (14.0) | 21 (15.6) | | 5 (5.9) | 6 (7.1) | | | āLow activity | 82 (50.0) | 72 (53.3) | | 40 (47.1) | 48 (56.5) | | | āModerately active | 49 (29.9) | 35 (25.9) | | 30 (35.3) | 26 (30.6) | | | āVigorously active | 10 (6.1) | 7 (5.2) | 0.398 | 10 (11.8) | 5 (5.9) | 0.133 | | āBMI (Kg/m2)1 | 18.1 (2.7) | 17.7 (2.8) | 0.062 | 18.7 (2.6) | 18.7 (2.7) | 0.966 |
| | IOTF, n (%)2 | | | | | | | | āUnderweight | 7 (1.5) | 10 (2.1) | | 2 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | | | āNormal | 138 (29.7) | 157 (33.8) | | 95 (62.9) | 90 (62.9) | | | āOverweight | 67 (14.4) | 41 (8.8) | | 44 (29.1) | 40 (28.0) | | | āObesity | 21 (4.5) | 23 (5.0) | 0.054 | 10 (6.6) | 13 (9.1) | 0.610 | | āEnergy (kcal/day)1 | 2091 (683.9) | 2024.2 (581.8) | 0.257 | 2388.0 (1036.5) | 2475.6 (684.9) | 0.049 | | āLER, n (%)2 | 8 (3.4) | 8 (3.4) | 0.986 | 3 (2.0) | 2 (1.4) | 0.703 | | āTotal fruit (g)1 | 227.9 (195.1) | 255.6 (218.2) | 0.161 | 221.2 (268.8) | 188.5 (218.2) | 0.095 | | āWhole fruit (g)1 | 207.4 (179.2) | 220.6 (187.8) | 0.444 | 175.6 (206.9) | 162.9 (193.4) | 0.428 | | āFruit juice (g)1 | 19.8 (72.2) | 34.8 (100.5) | 0.070 | 45.5 (162.4) | 25.6 (83.4) | 0.052 | | āVegetable soup (g)1 | 273.2 (205.3) | 271.8 (234.4) | 0.945 | 216.2 (243.1) | 234.3 (225.9) | 0.341 | | āTotal vegetables (g)1 | 34.6 (45.0) | 32.7 (62.5) | 0.705 | 52.5 (100.3) | 42.8 (64.5) | 0.147 | | āGreen leafy vegetables (g)1 | 14.0 (25.1) | 16.2 (38.0) | 0.465 | 52.5 (100.3) | 42.8 (64.5) | 0.025 | | āOther vegetable (g)1 | 20.6 (36.5) | 16.7 (40.6) | 0.284 | 26.8 (66.5) | 25.6 (43.5) | 0.797 | | āFruit and vegetables (g)1 | 263.2 (204.8) | 283.5 (229.4) | 0.334 | 273.6 (303.0) | 231.3 (248.4) | 0.056 |
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1Results expressed as mean (sd), t-test or Mann Whitney test.
2Results expressed as n (%), Ļ 2 test.
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