Friday, December 26, 2008
December 26 News Story 3
Fruit, Veggie Consumption Said To Be Boosted By Reducing School Snacks
A new study has found that restricting the availability of unhealthy snacks in elementary schools resulted in a small increase in fruit and vegetable consumption among fifth-graders.
Study co-author Edward A. Frongillo, chairman of the University of South Carolina's department of health promotion, education and behavior goes on record to state that the roughly 3 percent increase in fruit and vegetable intake among those children in schools that restricted the availability of snacks was still significant.
As Frongillo explains: when school policies limit the availability of high-fat and high-sugar snack foods, even a small percentage increase in fruit and vegetable consumption among fifth-graders means the policy may affect a fairly large number of children throughout the school.
Naturally, parents might be interested in this, for those interested parties, the findings were published in the January 2009 issue of The Journal of Nutrition.
Delving further into this report, background investigation into this report reveals that the study surveyed 10,285 fifth-graders at 2,065 elementary schools nationwide. S
It is said that school administrators reported on snack-restriction policies and snack availability from vending machines, school stores, snack bars and cafeterias.
Again, Study co-author Edward A. Frongillo says: "What the data are saying is that children's experience in one part of their day is having an impact on the whole of the day. The implication isn't that there are bad ways to provide food to children. The real issue is, are we modeling in the foods we make available to children what they should be eating?"
On a related note, associated expert, Lona Sandon, a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association, challenged that theory about children's eating habits.
She says: "In elementary school, they really model [follow] what their parents are doing. Once they get into junior high, they may begin to make a little bit more choices on their own."
Being a registered dietitian and an assistant professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, she concludes: "If parents don't eat fruits and vegetables at home, their children "are probably not going to start eating them in school."
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A new study has found that restricting the availability of unhealthy snacks in elementary schools resulted in a small increase in fruit and vegetable consumption among fifth-graders.
Study co-author Edward A. Frongillo, chairman of the University of South Carolina's department of health promotion, education and behavior goes on record to state that the roughly 3 percent increase in fruit and vegetable intake among those children in schools that restricted the availability of snacks was still significant.
As Frongillo explains: when school policies limit the availability of high-fat and high-sugar snack foods, even a small percentage increase in fruit and vegetable consumption among fifth-graders means the policy may affect a fairly large number of children throughout the school.
Naturally, parents might be interested in this, for those interested parties, the findings were published in the January 2009 issue of The Journal of Nutrition.
Delving further into this report, background investigation into this report reveals that the study surveyed 10,285 fifth-graders at 2,065 elementary schools nationwide. S
It is said that school administrators reported on snack-restriction policies and snack availability from vending machines, school stores, snack bars and cafeterias.
Again, Study co-author Edward A. Frongillo says: "What the data are saying is that children's experience in one part of their day is having an impact on the whole of the day. The implication isn't that there are bad ways to provide food to children. The real issue is, are we modeling in the foods we make available to children what they should be eating?"
On a related note, associated expert, Lona Sandon, a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association, challenged that theory about children's eating habits.
She says: "In elementary school, they really model [follow] what their parents are doing. Once they get into junior high, they may begin to make a little bit more choices on their own."
Being a registered dietitian and an assistant professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, she concludes: "If parents don't eat fruits and vegetables at home, their children "are probably not going to start eating them in school."
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