Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS qqp2R0x8. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Background : The National Schools Fruit Scheme (NSFS) is intended to improve fruit intake in young children by providing free daily fruit at school. Methods : We used a parentally completed questionnaire for three consecutive years to study fruit intake in young children before, during and after participation in the NSFS compared with a control region. Results : In 2003,2004 and 2005, a total of 224,220 and 179 schools, respectively, were studied with responses from 5606,5111 and 3382 children for each survey. Between 2003 and 2004, individual fruit consumption in the intervention region increased by more (from a median of 7.5 to 14.0 pieces/week) than in the control region (from a median of 9.2-11.0 pieces/week), resulting in a difference (P
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