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Table 6 Impact of the Nourish and Engage Interventions on Food Identification, Food Neophilia in both 6–7 and 10–11 year old age groups and Perceived Cooking Competence Scores in 10–11 year old age group

From: Food environment intervention improves food knowledge, wellbeing and dietary habits in primary school children: Project Daire, a randomised-controlled, factorial design cluster trial

  6–7 year old pupils 10–11 year old pupils
Nourish No Nourish Engage No Engage Nourish No Nourish Engage No Engage
Food Identification Score
 N (baseline and follow-up responses) 217 198 225 190 188 183 195 176
 Baseline Mean (SD) 3.92 (1.31) 3.56 (1.66) 3.62 (1.60) 3.90 (1.36) 3.72 (0.92) 3.64 (0.97) 3.74 (1.77) 3.62 (1.03)
 Follow-up Mean (SD) 4.43 (0.99) 4.33 (1.04) 4.37 (1.04) 4.41 (0.98) 3.82 (0.93) 3.87 (0.98) 3.78 (1.62) 3.91 (1.00)
 Adjusted diff. in mean 95% CI) 0.00 (−0.19–0.20) Reference 0.04 (−0.16–0.24) Reference −0.06 (− 0.36–0.24) Reference −0.17 (− 0.47–0.14) Reference
 P-value 0.97 0.67 0.67 0.26
Food Neophilia Score
 N (baseline and follow-up responses) 217 198 225 190 188 183 195 176
 Baseline Mean (SD) 3.08 (1.37) 3.02 (1.49) 3.24 (1.43) 2.83 (1.40) 3.90 (1.78) 3.29 (1.82) 3.67 (1.77) 3.52 (1.88)
Follow-up Mean (SD) 3.42 (1.33) 3.10 (1.41) 3.41 (1.38) 3.08 (1.35) 4.02 (1.61) 3.58 (1.71) 3.83 (1.62) 3.77 (1.73)
 Adjusted diff. in mean 95% CI) 0.27 (0.03–0.51) Reference 0.07 (−0.16–0.30) Reference 0.02 (−0.22–0.26) Reference −0.04 (− 0.26–0.18) Reference
 P-value 0.03 0.51 0.89 0.70
Perceived Cooking Competence
 N (baseline and follow-up responses) – – – – 188 183 195 176
 Baseline Mean (SD)      25.29 (15.29) 25.78 (15.10) 25.89 (15.22) 25.14 (15.16)
 Follow-up Mean (SD)      26.82 (15.21) 24.08 (15.60) 25.62 (14.97) 25.30 (15.99)
 Adjusted diff. in mean 95% CI)      3.21 (0.65–5.77) Reference −0.69 (−3.34–1.95) Reference
P-value – – 0.02 0.58
  1. P value < 0.05 indicative of significance; N Number, SD Standard Deviation. In factorial analysis, the 2 main effects (Nourish compared with no nourish, and Engage compared with no engage) are investigated
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

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