Beyond the plate: can a food-based science learning intervention improve preschool children's fruit and vegetable consumption?
Dixon JB, Blosser EG, Wu Q, Goodell LS, Donaldson JL, Lambert MD, Lundquist R, Lee TD, Hegde AV, Baldwin S, Schmitt A, Stage VC.
Dixon JB, et al.
Public Health Nutr. 2026 Jan 23;29(1):e29. doi: 10.1017/S1368980026101967.
Public Health Nutr. 2026.
PMID: 41572835
Free PMC article.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the efficacy of a food-based intervention on preschool children's (3-5 years) fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption, as measured by skin carotenoid status (SCS) using the Veggie Meter( ). DESIGN: Quasi-experimental intervention with baseline (T1 …
OBJECTIVE: To examine the efficacy of a food-based intervention on preschool children's (3-5 years) fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption, as …