Adjusted change in food and nutrient intakes* associated with the school fruit and vegetable scheme intervention compared with controls, by year group†
| Reception (4 years old) | Year 1 (5 years old) | Year 2 (6 years old) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At 3 months (95% CI) | At 7 months (95% CI) | At 3 months (95% CI) | At 7 months (95% CI) | At 3 months (95% CI) | At 7 months (95% CI) | |
| When the numbers do not add up there are small amounts of missing data. | ||||||
| *Adjusted for significant confounding variables. | ||||||
| †At 7 months, 92 schools returned data from 3693 pupils; 3405 food diaries were included in the analysis. | ||||||
| CI, confidence interval. | ||||||
| Fruit (portions) | 0.4 (0.2 to 0.5) | 0.2 (0.1 to 0.4) | 0.6 (0.4 to 0.9) | 0.3 (0.1 to 0.6) | 0.5 (0.2 to 0.7) | 0 (−0.2 to 0.3) |
| Vegetables (portions) | 0 (−0.2 to 0.2) | −0.2 (−0.5 to 0.1) | 0 (−0.3 to 0.3) | −0.2 (−0.5 to 0.2) | 0 (−0.2 to 0.3) | −0.3 (−0.6 to 0.1) |
| Fruit and vegetable (portions) | 0.5 (0.3 to 0.7) | 0.2 (0 to 0.4) | 0.7 (0.3 to 1.0) | 0.2 (−0.2 to 0.6) | 0.5 (0.2 to 0.9) | −0.2 (−0.5 to 0.2) |
| Energy (MJ) | −0.07(−0.29 to 0.15) | −0.03 (−0.25 to 0.19) | 0.16 (−0.23 to 0.54) | 0.03 (−0.35 to 0.4) | −0.81 (−1.19 to −0.43) | −0.63 (−1.01 to 0.25) |
| Fat (g) | −1.8 (−3.3 to −0.3) | −0.6 (−2.2 to 0.9) | −0.8 (−3.4 to 1.8) | 0.1 (−2.8 to 3.1) | −1.5 (−4.1 to 1.1) | 1.7 (−1.3 to 4.7) |
| Salt (g) | −0.1 (−0.3 to 0) | −0.1 (−0.3 to 0.1) | 0 (−0.3 to 0.2) | −0.2 (−0.4 to 0.1) | −0.2 (−0.5 to 0) | 0 (−0.3 to 0.3) |
| Sugars (g) | 2.9 (−1.2 to 7) | 2.3 (−1.9 to 6.4) | 7.1 (1.0 to 13.1) | 3.0 (−3.1 to 9.1) | −38.0 (−45.6 to −30.5) | −38.2 (−46.0 to −30.5) |
| Carotene (% change) | −10 (−17 to −2) | 14 (5 to 24) | −9 (−21 to 5) | 21 (5 to 40) | −28 (−40 to −14) | −14 (−26 to 1) |
| Vitamin C (mg) | 13 (8 to 17) | 8 (3 to 12) | 15 (9 to 21) | 9 (3 to 16) | −13 (−21 to −4) | −23 (−32 to −15) |