Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Summer 8-1-2002
Journal / Book Title
Health Education & Behavior
Abstract
Multicomponent interventions are recommended for health behavior change among adolescents. However, it is difficult to disentangle the effects of multiple intervention components. This article reports outcomes associated with varying levels of exposure to a school-based nutrition intervention, Teens Eating for Energy and Nutrition at School (TEENS). Four incremental exposureswere possible: (1) control group, (2) school environment interventions only, (3) classroom plus environment interventions, and (4) peer leaders plus classroom plus environment interventions. Patterns suggesting dose response were observed, with peer leaders reporting the largest increases in fruit, vegetable, and lower fat food consumption. Students exposed to classroom plus environment interventions also improved, whereas students exposed only to school environment interventions showed trends toward choosing lower fat foods and declining fruit intake and no change in vegetable intake. Control students’ choices remained stable. Future studies may investigate mechanisms for peer leaders’ changes, maximizing curriculum effectiveness, and improving environmental interventions.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/109019810202900404
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Birnbaum, Amanda S.; Lytle, Leslie A.; Story, Mary; Perry, Cheryl L.; and Murray, David M., "Are Differences in Exposure to a Multicomponent School-Based Intervention Associated With Varying Dietary Outcomes in Adolescents?" (2002). Department of Public Health Scholarship and Creative Works. 78.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/public-health-facpubs/78
Published Citation
Birnbaum, Amanda S., Leslie A. Lytle, Mary Story, Cheryl L. Perry, and David M. Murray. "Are differences in exposure to a multicomponent school-based intervention associated with varying dietary outcomes in adolescents?." Health Education & Behavior 29, no. 4 (2002): 427-443.
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