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Use of a Gardening and Nutrition Education Program to Improve the Produce Intake of School Age Children Living in Appalachian Ohio

Zurmehly, Ashley B.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1245345525

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2009, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Food and Nutrition (Health and Human Services).
This study: (a) measured the effect of a nutrition and gardening education program on Appalachian children’s fruit and vegetable intakes and preferences; and (b) examined the relationship of food security status to gardening habits and perceptions, produce intake, and personal characteristics of children and their adult female caregivers. In this study, participants were: (a) 91 children who completed a pre-test, nutrition education and gardening program (intervention), and a post-test over a six-week period; and (b) 99 female caregivers who completed a 79-item survey prior to the six-week intervention period about themselves, their household, and their 157 children. Results indicated that the six-week nutrition education and gardening intervention did not significantly impact produce intake variety or produce preference variety among the children participating in the program. Overall, household food security was not related to the variety of produce eaten or preferred reported by children; however, it was related to vegetable intake, education, diet quality, food assistance program participation, and body mass index of the female caregivers. On the other hand, household food security was related to the children’s estimated produce intake and preferences reported by the female caregivers prior to the intervention. It was also found that children’s gardening habits reflected that of their female caregivers, but children’s self-reported produce intake variety was not related to their gardening habits. However, household food security was not related to gardening habits or produce readiness of female caregivers. Dietetic and nutrition professionals can use these findings to develop other interventions including gardening and nutrition education with both children and their families.
David H. Holben, PhD, RD (Advisor)
Deborah Murray, MS, RD (Committee Member)
Jennifer Chabot, PhD, CCLS (Committee Member)
228 p.
Nutrition
gardening; food security; Appalachia; children's nutrition

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  • Zurmehly, A. B. (2009). Use of a Gardening and Nutrition Education Program to Improve the Produce Intake of School Age Children Living in Appalachian Ohio [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1245345525

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Zurmehly, Ashley. Use of a Gardening and Nutrition Education Program to Improve the Produce Intake of School Age Children Living in Appalachian Ohio. 2009. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1245345525.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Zurmehly, Ashley. "Use of a Gardening and Nutrition Education Program to Improve the Produce Intake of School Age Children Living in Appalachian Ohio." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1245345525

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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