Department of Nutrition and Public Health, University of Agder, 4630 Kristiansand, Norway.
Department of Sport Science and Physical Education, University of Agder, 4630 Kristiansand, Norway.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jan 30;20(3):2489. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20032489.
The Norwegian authorities started a nationwide free school fruit program in 2007, implemented in all secondary schools (grades 8-10) and combined schools (grades 1-10) in Norway. The program ended in 2014. This study evaluates the effect of ending the nationwide free school fruit program on the consumption of fruit, vegetables, and unhealthy snacks among Norwegian sixth and seventh graders. The study sample consists of pupils at 18 schools that participated in all data collections in the Fruits and Vegetables Make the Marks project (FVMM), initiated in 2001, with new data collections in 2008 and 2018. Four of the schools were combined schools, therefore children in sixth and seventh grade at these schools received free fruit in 2008 (intervention schools), and fourteen schools did not (control schools). Between 2008 and 2018, pupils at the intervention schools ate a lower proportion of fruits and vegetables per school week, and the consumption of unhealthy snacks increased compared to the control schools. Completion of the free fruit program was not significantly different for boys and girls, or low and high parental education. The results indicate that the end of the free school fruit program resulted in less healthy eating habits among children.
挪威当局于 2007 年启动了一项全国性的免费学校水果计划，在挪威所有中学（8-10 年级）和综合学校（1-10 年级）实施。该计划于 2014 年结束。本研究评估了结束全国性免费学校水果计划对挪威六年级和七年级学生水果、蔬菜和不健康零食消费的影响。研究样本由参与 2001 年发起的水果和蔬菜成就学业项目（FVMM）的 18 所学校的学生组成，在 2008 年和 2018 年进行了新的数据收集。其中 4 所为综合学校，因此这些学校的六年级和七年级的儿童在 2008 年获得了免费水果（干预学校），而另外 14 所学校没有（对照学校）。在 2008 年至 2018 年间，与对照学校相比，干预学校的学生每周在校食用的水果和蔬菜比例较低，而不健康零食的消费则有所增加。男孩和女孩、低和高父母教育水平的免费水果计划完成情况没有显著差异。研究结果表明，免费学校水果计划的结束导致儿童的饮食习惯变得不够健康。
