The impact of a school-based gardening intervention on intentions and behaviour related to fruit and vegetable consumption in children

Michael J. Duncan; Emma Eyre; E. Bryant; Neil Clarke; Samantha Birch; V. Staples; D. Sheffield

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The impact of a school-based gardening intervention on intentions and behaviour related to fruit and vegetable consumption in children

Michael J. Duncan, Emma Eyre, E. Bryant, Neil Clarke, Samantha Birch, V. Staples, D. Sheffield

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Seventy-seven children (34 boys, 43 girls, Mean age ± SD = 9 ± 1 years) participated in this study. Forty-six children (intervention) undertook a 12 week school gardening programme and 31 children acted as controls. Measures of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and fruit and vegetable consumption were taken pre and post intervention. Repeated measures analysis of variance and hierarchical regression analysis indicated that the intervention group increased daily consumption of fruit and vegetables and increased intentions, attitudes, norms, PBC related to fruit and vegetable consumption. Attitudes, norms and PBC significantly predicted changes in fruit and vegetable consumption.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	765-773
Journal	Journal of Health Psychology
Volume	20
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105315573445
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2015

Keywords

Theory of Planned Behaviour
intervention
diet
gardening
primary schools

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Michael Duncan
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Emma Eyre
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The impact of a school-based gardening intervention on intentions and behaviour related to fruit and vegetable consumption in children. / Duncan, Michael J.; Eyre, Emma; Bryant, E.; Clarke, Neil; Birch, Samantha; Staples, V.; Sheffield, D.

In: Journal of Health Psychology, Vol. 20, No. 6, 01.06.2015, p. 765-773.

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