Education or provision? A comparison of two school-based fruit and vegetable nutrition education programs in the Netherlands

A healthy diet is important for optimal child growth and development. School-based opportunities to encourage children to achieve healthy eating behaviors should be explored. Nutrition education programs can provide school children with classroom-based nutrition education and access to fruits and vegetables (FV). However, the effectiveness of specific program components implemented separately has not yet been comprehensively evaluated. The current study examined effectiveness of individual components of two programs targeting primary school children ( n = 1460, n = 37 schools) aged 7–12 years.... Mehr ...