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Table 2 Environmental performance objectives: determinants, change objective, theoretical methods and practical applications

From: The Boost study: design of a school- and community-based randomised trial to promote fruit and vegetable consumption among teenagers

Environmental performance objective:

Determinants:

 

Availability

Accessibility

Taste preferences

Peers/social norms

Create a more supporting school environment for eating FV

Change objective: Provide free FV daily

Change objectives: Allocate time to intake of FV Provide kitchen tools

Change objective: Challenge adolescents' taste preferences by exposing them to a variety of FV

Change objective: Create a pleasant eating environment Change adolescents' perception of appropriate time, settings and situations for eating FV Create role models for eating FV among classmates

 

Theoretical methods: Facilitation

Theoretical methods: Information Facilitation

Theoretical methods: Information Facilitation

Theoretical methods: Habit formation Social comparisons Mobilising social networks Modelling

 

Practical application: Free FV programme

Practical application: Teacher leaflet with ideas for a class- based FV break Provision of a class-kit to all school classes

Practical application: Ensure variety in the FV delivery (give local FV providers an order list)

Practical application: Provision of class kit Music Candle lights FV break FV host/duty (peer-led)