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- Title
Fresh Produce Delivery to Middle School Youth: Outcomes of a Case Study in Providing Fresh Fruit and Vegetables to Underserved Youth.
- Authors
Lightner, Joseph S; Grimes, Amanda; Rhone, Janet; Martin, Kael; Moss, Justin; Wray, Bridget; Eighmy, Katlyn; Valleroy, Ella; Baughn, Maya
- Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate a weekly school-based fruit and vegetable delivery via a mobile market on urban middle schoolers' nutrition behaviors. Design: One-group, pretest-posttest design, quasi-experimental intervention in middle schoolers (6th-8th graders, N = 158) in Kansas City, MO Intervention: Weekly delivery of free produce via a mobile market over 12 weeks. Measures: A self-administered survey to assess self-report consumption of fruits, vegetables, soda, and sports drinks. Analysis: Univariate and bivariate analyses were used. Proportions were compared and chi-square tests were conducted to compare youth at baseline and 12 weeks. Results: More youth reported consuming fresh fruit (73.8% to 83.3%; χ2 = 7.76, P =.005) and vegetables (66.4% to 71.3%; χ2 = 13.55, P = <.001) from baseline to follow-up. Less youth reported soda (49.0% to 52.8%; χ2= 6.33, P =.012) and sports drinks (41.8% to 38.2%; χ2= 12.32, P <.001) from baseline to follow-up. Conclusions: A mobile produce delivery intervention, like the Healthy Harvest Mobile Market, may be an effective strategy to increase fruit and vegetable consumption for adolescents.
- Subjects
KANSAS City (Kan.); SOFT drinks; VEGETABLES; FRUIT; MIDDLE schools; SPORTS drinks; BIVARIATE analysis
- Publication
American Journal of Health Promotion, 2023, Vol 37, Issue 4, p529
- ISSN
0890-1171
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/08901171221136858