Improving the school food environment and dietary intake of Dutch primary school students through the provision of a healthy school lunch: results of a pre-posttest effectiveness study
Providing a healthy school lunch positively influenced children's dietary intake at school without triggering unhealthy compensation at home. Improvements were most notable for vegetable intake, which increased substantially during the intervention. However, the effects were not sustained after the program ended, highlighting the importance of long-term provision and structural integration of healthy school lunches to support lasting dietary changes.
Authors
- Frédérique C. Rongen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1643-0534)
- Jacob C. Seidell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9262-9062)
- Monique H. Vingerhoeds (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3174-067X)
- Meeke Ummels
- Lieke M Kuiper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6888-1356)
- Ellen van Kleef (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8797-6983)
- S. Dijkstra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5567-4606)
Institutions
- Amsterdam Neuroscience (NL)
- GGD Amsterdam (NL)
- Public Health Service of Amsterdam (NL)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
- Wageningen University & Research (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medicine
- Published
- 2025-10-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-04407-1
- Primary Topic
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit