Trial reportJournal of nutrition education and behavior2016
LA Sprouts: A 12-Week Gardening, Nutrition, and Cooking Randomized Control Trial Improves Determinants of Dietary Behaviors.
Trial report in Journal of nutrition education and behavior, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews of School-Based Nutrition Interventions to Determine Outcomes Used and Their Measurement Tools.Nutrition reviews · 2026Pooled it
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- Evaluating the impacts of school garden-based programmes on diet and nutrition-related knowledge, attitudes and practices among the school children: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2022Pooled it
- Characteristics of successful primary school-based experiential nutrition programmes: a systematic literature review.Public health nutrition · 2021Pooled it
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- Strategies for enhancing the implementation of school-based policies or practices targeting risk factors for chronic disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Dietary Psychosocial Mediators of Vegetable Intake in Schoolchildren From Low-Income and Racial and Ethnic Minority US Families: Findings From the Texas Sprouts Intervention.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2023Trial
- Harvest for Health, a Randomized Controlled Trial Testing a Home-Based, Vegetable Gardening Intervention Among Older Cancer Survivors Across Alabama: An Analysis of Accrual and Modifications Made in Intervention Delivery and Assessment During COVID-19.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2022Trial
- Impact of a School-Based Gardening, Cooking, Nutrition Intervention on Diet Intake and Quality: The TX Sprouts Randomized Controlled Trial.Nutrients · 2021Trial
- Feasibility of collection and analysis of microbiome data in a longitudinal randomized trial of community gardening.Future microbiology · 2020Trial
- Cooking and Gardening Behaviors and Improvements in Dietary Intake in Hispanic/Latino Youth.Childhood obesity (Print)Trial
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- Learning About Healthy Nutrition by Doing: Experiential Approaches in School-Based Nutrition Education.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Mapping the socio-ecological influences on child food literacy: a systematic scoping review.Systematic reviews · 2026Article
- Nutritional Intervention Programs for Sustainability: A Scoping Review on Full Food Utilization and the Clean Leftovers Reuse.Nutrients · 2025Article
- "Non-Markovian" and "directional" errors inhibit scientific self-correction and can lead fields of study astray: an illustration using gardening and obesity-related outcomes.BMC medical research methodology · 2025Article
- Process evaluation of the Yéego! Program to increase healthy eating and gardening among American Indian elementary school children.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Promoting healthful and diverse eating behaviours through an extracurricular culinary skills intervention in Philadelphia.Journal of nutritional science · 2024Article
- Development of an Assessment Tool to Measure Healthy Eating in Navajo Children and Their Families.Current developments in nutrition · 2023Article
- School Gardening and Health and Well-Being of School-Aged Children: A Realist Synthesis.Nutrients · 2023Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the effect of an exploratory 12-week nutrition, cooking, and gardening trial (LA Sprouts) on preference for fruit and vegetables (FV); willingness to try FV; identification of FV; self-efficacy to garden, eat, and cook FV; motivation to garden, eat, and cook FV; attitudes toward FV; nutrition and gardening knowledge; and home gardening habits.
designRandomized controlled trial.
settingFour elementary schools.
participantsThree hundred four predominately Hispanic/Latino third- through fifth-grade students were randomized to either the LA Sprouts group (n = 167 students) or control group (n = 137 students).
interventionTwelve-week after-school nutrition, cooking, and gardening intervention.
main outcome measuresDeterminants of dietary behavior as measured by questionnaire at baseline and postintervention. ANALYSIS: Analyses of covariance.
resultsAfter the 12-week program, compared with controls, LA Sprouts participants improved scores for identification of vegetables (+11% vs +5%; P = .001) and nutrition and gardening knowledge (+14.5% vs -5.0%; P = .003), and were more likely to garden at home (+7.5% vs -4.4%; P = .003).
conclusionsThe LA Sprouts program positively affected a number of determinants of dietary behaviors that suggest possible mechanisms by which gardening and nutrition education act to improve dietary intake and health outcomes.
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