title: The Effectiveness of A School-Based Nutrition Intervention on Children's Fruit, Vegetables, and Dairy Product Intake.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Most Canadian children do not meet daily recommendations for consumption of vegetables and fruits (V/F) and dairy products (DP). The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of Team Nutriathlon on V/F and DP consumption of children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were 404 children from grades 5 and 6 (intervention group [IG] N = 242, control group [CG] N = 162). Teams of children were guided to increase their consumption and variety of V/F and DP over an 8-week period. Daily servings of V/F and DP were compared between groups at 4 time points: baseline (week 0), during (week 6), immediately after (week 9 or 10), and a follow-up 10 weeks after (week 20) the intervention.
  
  
  RESULTS
  During and after the program and at follow-up, children in the IG consumed more servings of V/F and DP compared to the CG (group × time, p < .0001). Sex, baseline consumption levels, and school socioeconomic status did not influence the results (p > .05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Team Nutriathlon is an innovative school-based nutrition program that can help to increase the V/F and DP consumption of children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Education, Laval University, 2300 Rue de la Terrasse, Suite 2214, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada. vicky.drapeau@fse.ulaval.ca.
authors.forename: Vicky
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Drapeau
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Education, Laval University, 2300 Rue de la Terrasse, Suite 2214, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada. mathimeo182@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Mathieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Savard
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Education, Laval University, 2300 Rue de la Terrasse, Suite 2214, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada. Annette.Gallant@criucpq.ulaval.ca.
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gallant
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Education, Laval University, 2300 Rue de la Terrasse, Suite 2214, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada. luc.nadeau@fse.ulaval.ca.
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nadeau
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Education, Laval University, 2300 Rue de la Terrasse, Suite 2214, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada. jocelyn.gagnon@fse.ulaval.ca.
authors.forename: Jocelyn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gagnon
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D002648:Child; D003611:Dairy Products; D000072001:Diet, Healthy; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014675:Vegetables
keywords: children; dairy products; fruits and vegetables; school-based nutrition intervention