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Three-Year Intervention Effects on Food and Beverage Intake—Results from the Quasi-Experimental Copenhagen School Child Intervention Study (CoSCIS)

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  • Xuan Ren

    (Research Unit for Dietary Studies at The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
    Shared first authorship.)

  • Britt Wang Jensen

    (Center for Clinical Research and Prevention, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
    Shared first authorship.)

  • Sofus Christian Larsen

    (Research Unit for Dietary Studies at The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark)

  • Jeanett Friis Rohde

    (Research Unit for Dietary Studies at The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark)

  • Ina Olmer Specht

    (Research Unit for Dietary Studies at The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark)

  • Birgit Marie Nielsen

    (Health Research and Innovation, Centre for Regional Development, Capital Region of Denmark, 2000 Copenhagen, Denmark)

  • Ida Husby

    (The Danish Health Authorities, 2300 Copenhagen, Denmark)

  • Anna Bugge

    (Department of Midwifery, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Psychomotor Therapy, University College Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark)

  • Lars Bo Andersen

    (Department of Education, Arts and Sport, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, 6851 Sogndal, Norway)

  • Ellen Trolle

    (Division of Food Technology, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark)

  • Berit Lilienthal Heitmann

    (Research Unit for Dietary Studies at The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
    The Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise & Eating Disorders, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
    Department of Public Health, Section for General Practice, University of Copenhagen, 1014 Copenhagen, Denmark)

Abstract

The diet of Danish children is often not in accordance with dietary guidelines. We aimed to evaluate changes in the intake of selected foods and beverages during a multi-component school-based physical activity intervention, and to investigate if changes were modified by socioeconomic status (SES). The study included 307 children (intervention group: 184; comparison group: 123) with information on dietary intake pre- and post-intervention as well as on SES. Linear regression models were conducted to assess the effect of the intervention on changes in dietary factors. Children from the intervention group increased their intake of whole-grain bread during the intervention (group means: 6.1 g/d (95% CI: 2.2 to 10.0) vs. 0.3 g/d (95% CI: −3.1 to 3.7) in the comparison group, p = 0.04). A significant interaction between SES and group allocation was observed to change in fruit intake ( p = 0.01). Among children from low SES families, only those from the comparison group decreased their fruit intake (group means: −40.0 g/d (95% CI: −56.0 to −23.9) vs. 9.3 g/d (95% CI: −16.1 to 94) in the intervention group, p = 0.006). The present study found no convincing effect of introducing a multi-component intervention on dietary intake except a small beneficial effect on whole-grain bread consumption. However, beneficial intervention effects in fruit intake were found particularly among children from low SES families.

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  • Xuan Ren & Britt Wang Jensen & Sofus Christian Larsen & Jeanett Friis Rohde & Ina Olmer Specht & Birgit Marie Nielsen & Ida Husby & Anna Bugge & Lars Bo Andersen & Ellen Trolle & Berit Lilienthal Heit, 2021. "Three-Year Intervention Effects on Food and Beverage Intake—Results from the Quasi-Experimental Copenhagen School Child Intervention Study (CoSCIS)," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(19), pages 1-12, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:19:p:10543-:d:651659
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