@article{668,
  keywords = {evaluation, child nutrition education, food assistance programs, fruit, sugar-sweetened beverage, vegetable},
  author = {Wendy Wolfe and Michelle Scott-Pierce and Jamie Dollahite},
  title = {Choose Health: Food, Fun, and Fitness Youth Curriculum Promotes Positive Behaviors},
  abstract = {<p>ObjectiveEvaluate whether participation in Choose Health: Food, Fun, and Fitness (CHFFF), a hands-on, experiential curriculum aimed at third- to sixth-graders, resulted in improvements in the targeted obesity and chronic disease prevention behaviors.MethodsThe researchers evaluated CHFFF in low-income youth participating in 2 federal programs in New York State during 2013&ndash;2015. Food and activity behaviors were assessed using the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program third- through fifth- and sixth- through eighth-grade pre-post surveys, along with 2 sets of added CHFFF-specific items completed by subsamples. Educators trained in CHFFF had youth complete the surveys as they delivered the curriculum, primarily in schools and after-school programs.ResultsPaired t tests showed significant (P&thinsp;&lt;&thinsp;.01) positive changes before to after CHFFF education for consumption of vegetables, fruits, sweetened drinks, nutrition label reading, and other food and activity behaviors.Conclusions and ImplicationsResults provide practice-based evidence that CHFFF promotes positive behavior change in participating youth.</p>},
  year = {2018},
  journal = {Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior},
  volume = {50},
  pages = {924 - 930},
  month = {10/2018},
  isbn = {1499-4046},
  doi = {10.1016/j.jneb.2017.09.008},
  language = {eng},
}