Effect of school-based food and nutrition education interventions on the food consumption of adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Autor(a) principal: Piuvezam, Grasiela
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Medeiros, Gidyenne Christine Bandeira Silva de, Azevedo, Kesley Pablo Morais de, Garcia, Daniel, Segundo, Victor Hugo Oliveira, Mata, Ádala Nayana de Sousa, Fernandes, Anny Karoliny Pinheiro, Santos, Raquel Praxedes dos, Trindade, Débora Danielly Barros de Brito, Moreno, Isabel Morales, Martínez, Daniel Guillén
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFRN
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/55304; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710522
• topic: adolescent; education; nutrition; school; randomized clinical

The school is a favorable environment for the development of interventions to prevent obesity. The objective of this systematic review is to evaluate the effects of school-based food and nutrition education interventions on adolescent food consumption. The literature search was conducted on databases: MEDLINE/PubMed, Embase, Scopus, ERIC, Science Direct, Web of Science, Cochrane, LILACS, and ADOLEC. The following research strategies were focused on: population (adolescents), intervention (food and nutrition education), outcome (food consumption), and study design (clinical trial). The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement guidelines were followed and all stages of this review were performed by two researchers and, when necessary, a third researcher resolved discrepancies. Included studies are randomized clinical trials (RCT). A total of 24 articles were included for review and 11 articles in meta-analysis. In the evaluation of the general effects, there was a significant effect (mean difference (MD) for fruit consumption (MD = 0.09, CI 0.05, 0.14) in serving/day; and for vegetables (MD = 0.59, IC 0.15, 1.03) at times/week. In the consumption of FV (fruits and vegetables), there was no significant effect (standardized mean difference (SMD) of interventions in their consumption (SMD = 0.00, 95% C1 −0.11, 0.11). The evidence available in this review and meta-analysis concludes that food and nutrition education interventions in schools presented favorable results in the food consumption of adolescents. Registered on the PROSPERO database (CRD42019116520)