Journal des troubles alimentaires et nutritionnels

Efficacy of a Minimal Dose School Fruit and Vegetable Snack Intervention

Patti-Jean Naylor, Jennifer McConnell, Ryan E. Rhodes, Susan I Barr, Isabella Ghement and Jenny Scott

Efficacy of a Minimal Dose School Fruit and Vegetable Snack Intervention

Fruits and vegetables are important to health but the majority of Canadian children are not consuming enough of them. The provision of free fruit and vegetables at school over a school year significantly increases fruit and vegetable intake but the costs may prohibit adoption or sustained implementation of this approach. To address the issue of cost we evaluated the impact of a minimal dose free school fruit and vegetable snack intervention (4 months of intervention, 14 servings, 2 times/week every second week).