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Recent News and Articles on the Keywords: free fruit + long term + schools  Related to the article below (Last Update: 5/5/2008)

Regional Briefs
Ithaca Journal, NY - May 3, 2008
The Seneca County Office for the Aging, Public Health Department and Division of Human Services provide information services about long-term care options ...
Lawmakers Push For Better School Nutrition
RedOrbit, TX - May 3, 2008
"Inadequate nutrition and obesity affect the overall health of a child and can increase long- term health costs." Kids and local farmers all benefit when ...
Charter schools win funding vote
Portsmouth Herald News, NH - Apr 27, 2008
539, would give charter schools secure long-term funding for the first time. They would get the same universal adequacy grant per child that every other ...
David Cameron: With a Conservative Government Britain can do change
Conservatives.com, UK - Apr 30, 2008
Two reasons. A short-term one and a long-term one. The short-term reason is that they won power without a plan for what to do with it. ...
What's Going On
Leamington Observer, UK - May 1, 2008
A nursery nurse and health visitor are on hand for support and advice, and refreshments and fruit are provided. The free sessions are open to anyone who is ...
Bay Area designers have long had green outlook
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - Apr 15, 2008
He delivers it free to schools and the poor, who then have enough room in their budgets to buy the organic produce they could not have otherwise afforded. ...
Healthier school meals, at a price
Gainesville Times, GA - Apr 24, 2008
Poulsen said many of the vendors are facing their own financial issues and don?t want to commit to a long-term guaranteed price. "Most suppliers don?t want ...
Agricultural production capacity and food security built into a ...
Oneworld, Netherlands - Apr 30, 2008
This allows interested parties working where there is a risk of long-term drought or other serious climatic crises to deepen boreholes to reach a lower (and ...
Symposium: Energy Independence and the Terror War
FrontPage magazine.com, CA - May 2, 2008
So its not corn ethanol that is driving up global food prices, including those for fish, fruit, and every kind of crop. Rather it is high fuel costs, ...
Excerpt from 'Girls Like Us'
USA Today - Apr 28, 2008
The two young men knocked on Joni's door and held out the fruit. "They're root, from nature; good for you now," Redbird's brother said awkwardly. ...
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The Norwegian School Fruit Programme: evaluating paid vs. no-cost subscriptions -
E Bere, MB Veier?d, KI Klepp - Preventive Medicine, 2005 - Elsevier
... Free participation in the School Fruit Programme was associated ... follow-up studies
of the Free fruit group will allow investigation of the long-term effects of ...

Free school fruit-sustained effect 1 year later -
E Bere, MB Veierod, M Bjelland, KI Klepp - Health Education Research, 2006 - Oxford Univ Press
... subscription rate in the (paid) School Fruit Programme. ... is needed to evaluate whether
long-term habits have ... Free school fruit for the nine schools was made ...

The National School Fruit Scheme produces short-term but not longer-term increases in fruit … -
L Wells, M Nelson - British Journal of Nutrition, 2005 - pt.wkhealth.com
... in juniors who had received free fruit at school ... g/d). The NSFS has increased fruit
consumption in ... and improve health in the long term, further interventions ...

Reducing Obesity via a School-Based Interdisciplinary Intervention Among Youth Planet Health -
SL Gortmaker, K Peterson, J Wiecha, AM Sobol, S … - Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 1999 - Am Med Assoc
... girls and boys, and increased fruit and vegetable ... only interventions that have shown
long-term effectiveness in ... 18 Schools are a potentially important channel ...

Effect of a fruit and vegetable subscription in Danish schools -
K Eriksen, J Haraldsd?ttir, R Pederson, HV Flyger - Public Health Nutrition, 2007 - Cambridge Univ Press
... 4?6 years) will be entitled to a free piece of ... simple FFQs have been used to measure
long- term changes in ... Effect of fruit and vegetable subscription 61 ...

Childhood nutrition and poverty -
M Nelson - Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 2007 - Cambridge Univ Press
... with both short-term and long-term adverse consequences ... diet; feeding children directly
at school (not only ... homework clubs), by providing free fruit at school ...

Secondhand Smoke, Dietary Fruit Intake, Road Traffic Exposures, and the Prevalence of Asthma: A … -
SA Lewis, M Antoniak, AJ Venn, L Davies, A Goodwin … - American Journal of Epidemiology, 2005 - Oxford Univ Press
... provide each child aged 4?6 years with free fruit in school ... school to assess whether
altering dietary consumption of fruit has any long-term influence on ...

Long-term Intake of Dietary Fiber and Decreased Risk of Coronary Heart Disease Among Women -
A Wolk, JAE Manson, MJ Stampfer, GA Colditz, FB Hu … - JAMA, 1999 - Am Med Assoc
... included only those who remained free from cardiovascular ... Intake of Cereal, Vegetable,
and Fruit Fiber Among ... Status, Body Mass Index, and Long-term Intake of ...

Free Flaps to Preserve Below-Knee Amputation Stumps: Long-Term Evaluation. -
GG Gallico III, RJ Ehrlichman, J Jupiter, JW May … - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1987 - plasreconsurg.com
... and did not inca- pacitate the patients for long. ... The amputee with a free-flap recon-
struction must ... III, MD Massachusetts General Hospital Fruit Street Boston ...

The Effect of Fruit and Vegetable Intake on Risk for Coronary Heart Disease -
KJ Joshipura, FB Hu, JAE Manson, MJ Stampfer, EB … - Annals of Internal Medicine, 2001 - annals.highwire.org
... epidemiologic studies will be needed, since large long-term randomized, controlled ...
Abstract/Free Full Text ... Vegetable, fruit, and cereal fiber intake and risk of ...

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Free Fruit In Schools Scheme May Confer No Long Term Benefit
The free fruit scheme in schools, introduced by the UK government in 2004, may confer no long term benefit, says a study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

The scheme cost £42 million to set up and has received a further £77 million to keep it going.

Initially mooted in the government's blueprint for the NHS in 2000, the scheme was introduced to improve young children's diets in a bid to cut the risks of cancer and cardiovascular disease in later life.

The average UK consumption of fruit and vegetables is three portions a day - two less than the recommended amount. And it is lower among those living in deprived areas and among children.
The authors assessed the impact of the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme (SFVS) on 3700 children from 98 schools in the north of England during 2004.

All the children were between 4 and 6 years of age, covering reception and years 1 and 2 classes.

A specially devised measure for children was used to assess dietary and nutrient intake.

The results showed that the scheme initially boosted intake by half a portion and slightly increased levels of beta carotene and vitamin C.

But these increases had waned seven months later and had disappeared completely by year 3, when pupils, aged 7 to 8, are no longer eligible for the scheme.

There were no changes in salt, fat or overall energy intake among the children. And fruit and vegetable intake actually fell at home, possibly because parents thought their children were getting their quota at school.

The authors highlight certain difficulties associated with the scheme. The range of fruit and vegetables on offer is fairly narrow, because of health and safety concerns the time needed for preparation, they say.

For long term impact, they suggest that the scheme needs to be more structured and targeted, with involvement from the whole school as well as peers and parents.

The fruit and vegetable message also needs to be carried forward at all meal times and throughout a child's education, they add.

"Does the school fruit and vegetable scheme improve children's diet? A non-randomised controlled trial"
J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61; 699-703
http://www.jech.bmj.com
 
 
 
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