Enhanced curriculum approaches alone show minimal effect on reducing food consumption or energy intake (Md = 0.12) but improve nutritional knowledge (Md = 0.75) and FV consumption or preference (Md = 0.45)¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · quant-synthesis r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2015 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Curriculum-based approaches alone are not the best influence on reducing food consumption or energy intake, with a minimal mean effect size of Md = 0.12. → Dudley 2015 q2 i? Curriculum-based approaches improved nutritional knowledge with Md = 0.75 and FV consumption or preference with Md = 0.45, both within the Zone of Desired Effects. → Dudley 2015 (2)

Evidence¶

Dudley 2015¶

Dudley, D. A., Cotton, W. G., & Peralta, L. R. (2015). Teaching approaches and strategies that promote healthy eating in primary school children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 12, 28. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-015-0182-8

q2 · i? · quant-synthesis · r?

Meta-analysis of curriculum-based approaches across eleven studies reporting food consumption and energy intake; effect sizes were calculable for six outcomes, four showing minimal or no effect, one negative, one small. The review reports a mean Cohen's d of Md = 0.12.

"The mean effect size of curriculum-based approaches is minimal (Md = 0.12) and would suggest that curriculum-based approaches alone are not the best influence on reducing food consumption or energy intake."

Dudley 2015 (2)¶

Dudley, D. A., Cotton, W. G., & Peralta, L. R. (2015). Teaching approaches and strategies that promote healthy eating in primary school children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 12, 28. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-015-0182-8

q2 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

Meta-analysis of curriculum-based approaches: 12 studies for nutritional knowledge (Md = 0.75, with 8 of 13 outcomes significant at p < .001) and 30 calculated FV effect sizes (33% medium-to-large). The review reports a mean Cohen's d of Md = 0.45 for FV outcomes.

"The mean effect size for curriculum-based approaches was Md = 0.45 indicating that having a nutrition curriculum delivered in primary schools makes an important investment in improving FV consumption or preference based on the educational hinge-point of effect sizes described by Hattie [11]."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Physical Well-Being — outcome: instruction changes it

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