Sanchez Sofia O, Funderburk Katie, Reznicek Erin, Parmer Sondra M, Hinnant J B
Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education, 208 Duncan Hall, Alabama Cooperative Extension System at Auburn University, 36849, AL.
Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education, 205 Duncan Hall, Auburn University, 36849, AL.
J Sch Health. 2025 Feb;95(2):153-161. doi: 10.1111/josh.13513. Epub 2024 Oct 26.
We sought to determine the impact of school gardens and nutrition education on student fruit and vegetable consumption from limited-income communities in Alabama.
Third grade students at 99 Alabama schools with and without gardens on-site were randomized to receive either nutrition education or to a wait-list control group. Multi-level models were used to assess the effects of treatment and control with and without school gardens.
Students attending schools with gardens demonstrated highest consumption of fruits and vegetables prior to treatment. Nutrition education alone translated into significant dietary improvements. Both gardens and education translated into greatest dietary improvements.
IMPLICATIONS FOR SCHOOL HEALTH POLICY, PRACTICE, AND EQUITY: Devising financially accessible, practical, and culturally relevant ways to improve student health through garden and nutrition education may help improve student diet. Forming comprehensive Extension, SNAP-Ed, and school collaboration to support gardens, nutrition education, and healthy school policies and systems can be a way to support and sustain healthy student learning environments.
Combined gardening and nutrition education is associated with increases in fruit and vegetable consumption among majority rural, Southern students from limited-resource communities.
我们试图确定学校花园和营养教育对阿拉巴马州低收入社区学生水果和蔬菜消费的影响。
阿拉巴马州99所设有和未设有校内花园的学校的三年级学生被随机分为接受营养教育组或等待名单对照组。使用多层次模型评估有无学校花园情况下治疗组和对照组的效果。
在接受治疗前，就读于设有花园学校的学生水果和蔬菜消费量最高。仅营养教育就带来了显著的饮食改善。花园和教育都带来了最大的饮食改善。
对学校健康政策、实践和公平性的启示：通过花园和营养教育设计出经济上可行、实用且与文化相关的改善学生健康的方法，可能有助于改善学生饮食。形成全面的推广、补充营养援助计划教育（SNAP-Ed）以及学校合作，以支持花园、营养教育以及健康的学校政策和系统，可能是支持和维持健康学生学习环境的一种方式。
园艺与营养教育相结合与资源有限社区中大多数来自美国南部农村的学生水果和蔬菜消费量的增加有关。
