Department of Community Nursing, Preventive Medicine and Public Health and History of Science, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain.
Public Health Research Group, Department of Community Nursing, Preventive Medicine and Public Health and History of Science, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain.
Nutrients. 2022 Jul 26;14(15):3069. doi: 10.3390/nu14153069.
The "School Fruit and Vegetables Scheme" (SFVS) was proposed in 2009/10 as a strategy to support the consumption of Fruit and Vegetables (FV), decrease rates of obesity, improve agricultural income, stabilize markets, and ensure the current and future supply of these foods. However, there is little information about how it was carried out in the EU. Given the potential of the SFVS to support healthier, more sustainable food systems, the objective of this study was to identify the characteristics of SFVS implementation from 2009/10 to 2016/17 in the EU. A longitudinal, observational, and retrospective study was carried out based on secondary data. A total of 186 annual reports of the Member States (MS) participating in the SFVS from 2009/10 to 2016/17 were consulted: European and national budget, funds used from the EU, participating schools and students, duration of the SFVS, FV offered, and application of sustainability criteria, expenditure per student, days of the week, the quantity of FV offered per student and other indicators were calculated. The majority of MS participated in the SFVS during the study period with a heterogeneous implementation pattern in terms of funds used, coverage, duration, quantity (totals and by portion), and cost of FV distributed per student. The sustainability criteria for the FV distribution were also not applied uniformly in all the MS. Establishing minimum recommendations for SFVS implementation are recommended to maximize the benefits of the SFVS. The results may be useful for planning new strategies to help address and improve current health and environmental problems.
“学校蔬果计划”（SFVS）于 2009/10 年提出，旨在支持蔬果消费、降低肥胖率、提高农业收入、稳定市场，并确保这些食品的当前和未来供应。然而，关于欧盟如何实施该计划的信息却很少。鉴于 SFVS 有潜力支持更健康、更可持续的食品系统，本研究旨在确定 2009/10 年至 2016/17 年期间欧盟实施 SFVS 的特点。本研究采用纵向、观察和回顾性研究方法，基于二手数据进行。共查阅了 2009/10 年至 2016/17 年参与 SFVS 的欧盟成员国（MS）的 186 份年度报告：SFVS 的欧盟和国家预算、欧盟使用的资金、参与学校和学生、SFVS 的持续时间、提供的蔬果种类、可持续性标准的应用、生均支出、周内天数、每名学生提供的蔬果数量和其他指标。在研究期间，大多数 MS 参与了 SFVS，但在资金使用、覆盖范围、持续时间、数量（总数和每份）以及每名学生分配的蔬果成本方面，实施模式存在差异。此外，并非所有 MS 都统一应用蔬果分配的可持续性标准。建议为 SFVS 实施制定最低建议，以最大程度地发挥 SFVS 的效益。研究结果对于规划新策略以帮助解决和改善当前健康和环境问题可能具有重要意义。
