Titre :
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The impact of school fruit tuck shops and school food policies on children's fruit consumption : a cluster randomised trial of schools in deprived areas. (2008)
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Auteurs :
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MOORE (L.) : GBR. Cardiff Institute of Society. Health and Ethics. Cardiff University. Cardiff. ;
TAPPER (K.) : GBR. Department of Psychology. Swansea University. Swansea.
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Journal of epidemiology and community health (vol. 62, n° 10, 2008)
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Pagination :
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926-931
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Fruit
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Enfant 6 9 ans
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Enfant
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Aliment
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Politique santé
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Consommation
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Essai thérapeutique
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Randomisation
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Pauvreté
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Homme
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS R0xCI7E8. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Aims : To estimate the impact of school fruit tuck shops on children's consumption of fruit and sweet and savoury snacks. Design : Cluster randomised effectiveness trial with school as the unit of randomisation. Setting : 43 primary schools in deprived areas in south Wales and south-west England with a range of school food policies. Intervention : Schools operated fruit tuck shops throughout one academic year. Control schools did not do so. Measures : Repeated cross-sections of children aged 9-11 years completed a computerised 24-hour recall questionnaire at baseline (n=1902) and at 1-year follow-up (n=1924), when a brief questionnaire was also completed (n=1976). Results : Approximately 70 000 fruits were sold in the 23 intervention schools over the year, equivalent to 0.06 fruits per student per day. Children in intervention schools were more likely to report eating fruit as a snack at school'often' (OR 1.49,95% Cl 1.15 to 1.95). There were no significant differences in children's intake of fruit or other snacks. There was a significant interaction (p
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