Baranowski Tom, Baranowski Janice, Cullen Karen W, deMoor Carl, Rittenberry LaTroy, Hebert David, Jones Lovell
Behavioral Nutrition Group, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, Texas 77030-2600, USA.
Prev Med. 2002 Mar;34(3):353-63. doi: 10.1006/pmed.2001.0989.
Boy Scouts are an important channel to complement school-based programs to enable boys to eat more fruit, 100% juice, and vegetables (FJV) for chronic disease prevention. The "5 a Day Achievement Badge" program was presented on a pilot study basis to African-American Boy Scout troops in Houston.
Troops were the unit of recruitment and random assignment to treatment and control groups. The badge program was presented in Fall 1997 by trained dietitians and included activities to increase availability and accessibility of fruit and vegetables at scouts' homes, increase preferences for vegetables, and train in the preparation of FaSST (fast, simple, safe, and tasty) recipes. Weekly comic books demonstrated and reinforced what scouts were expected to do at home. A weekly newsletter with recipes was sent to parents. The program was revised and presented to the control group in Winter 1998. Two 24-h recalls were the primary assessment tools. Telephone interviews were conducted with parents.
The intervention resulted in a 0.8 FJV serving difference (post values of treatment versus control groups with pre value covaried).
The changes obtained suggest that the intervention was effective in promoting dietary change.
童子军是补充校内项目的重要渠道，有助于男孩们摄入更多水果、100%果汁和蔬菜（FJV）以预防慢性病。“每日五蔬果成就徽章”项目在休斯顿的非裔美国童子军部队中进行了试点研究。
以部队为单位进行招募，并随机分配到治疗组和对照组。徽章项目于1997年秋季由经过培训的营养师推出，包括增加童子军家中水果和蔬菜的供应及获取便利性、提高对蔬菜的偏好，以及培训制作FaSST（快速、简单、安全且美味）食谱的活动。每周的漫画展示并强化了童子军在家中应做之事。一份附有食谱的每周时事通讯会发送给家长。该项目经过修订后于1998年冬季向对照组推出。两次24小时膳食回顾是主要评估工具。对家长进行了电话访谈。
干预导致FJV摄入量有0.8份的差异（治疗组与对照组的后测值对前测值进行了协变量调整）。
所取得的变化表明该干预在促进饮食改变方面是有效的。
