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Table 2 Servings and consumption of vegetables and fruits in the watch me grow intervention*

From: Watch Me Grow: A garden-based pilot intervention to increase vegetable and fruit intake in preschoolers

 

Intervention

Control

 

Served

Consumed

Served

Consumed

 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

 

Pre

Post

Diff

Pre

Post

Diff

Pre

Post

Diff

Pre

Post

Diff

Vegetables

1.42 (0.67)

1.24 (0.57)

−0.18 (0.63)

0.80 (0.68)

1.05 (0.67)

0.25 (1.10)

1.13 (0.31)

0.75 (0.21)

−0.37 (0.36)

0.80 (0.38)

0.63 (0.28)

−0.18 (0.52)

Dark

0.19 (0.34)

0.07 (0.14)

−0.11 (0.40)

0.00 (0.00)

0.07 (0.13)

0.07 (0.13)

0.01 (0.02)

0.02 (0.04)

0.00 (0.01)

0.01 (0.02)

0.02 (0.01)

0.01 (0.05)

White potatoes

0.17 (0.23)

0.35 (0.37)

0.18 (0.57)

0.17 (0.23)

0.33 (0.34)

0.16 (0.54)

0.22 (0.39)

0.00 (0.00)

0.22 (0.39)

0.22 (0.39)

0.00 (0.00)

0.22 (0.39)

Fruit

1.55 (0.99)

0.92 (0.56)

−0.62 (0.58)

1.00 (0.89)

0.67 (0.22)

−0.32 (0.72)

0.59 (0.27)

0.49 (0.40)

−0.10 (0.52)

0.32 (0.29)

0.46 (0.43)

0.15 (0.26)

  1. *Based on USDA MyPlate serving sizes by age group for each food group (vegetables, fruits).