Journal
HEALTH EDUCATION & BEHAVIOR
Volume 42, Issue 4, Pages 487-492Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1090198114561514
Keywords
breakfast; fruit; school nutrition
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service
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We examine the impact of serving fruit smoothies during school breakfast on fruit consumption among middle school and high school students. We draw on observational plate-waste data over a 10-week period during which fruit smoothies were introduced for breakfast at two Utah schools. Our total sample includes 2,760 student-day observations. We find that the fraction of students eating a full serving of whole fruit increased from 4.3% to 45.1%. As such, school districts should consider offering fruit smoothies as part of a set of interventions designed to increase fruit consumption at school.
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