Table 3.
Estimated differences in frequency of fruit and vegetable consumption at baseline and after 12-weeks of intervention in the three groups.
| FG (n = 23) | NFG (n = 21) | CG (n = 23) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Post | P-valuea | Baseline | Post | P-valuea | Baseline | Post | P-valuea | |
| Fruit (%) | |||||||||
| ≤6 times/week | 26.1 | 39.1 | 0.375 | 71.4 | 38.1 | 0.016bb | 39.1 | 47.8 | 0.500 |
| Daily | 73.9 | 60.9 | 28.6 | 61.9 | 60.9 | 52.2 | |||
| 100% fruit juice (%) | |||||||||
| ≤6 times/week | 87.0 | 100.0 | 0.250 | 81.0 | 85.7 | 1.000 | 91.3 | 91.3 | 1.000 |
| Daily | 13.0 | 0 | 19.0 | 14.3 | 8.7 | 8.7 | |||
| Soup (%) | |||||||||
| ≤6 times/week | 26.1 | 30.4 | 1.000 | 71.4 | 42.9 | 0.070 | 34.8 | 43.5 | 0.727 |
| Daily | 73.9 | 69.6 | 28.6 | 57.1 | 65.2 | 56.5 | |||
| Vegetable (%) | |||||||||
| ≤6 times/week | 52.2 | 56.5 | 1.000 | 95.2 | 71.4 | 0.063 | 65.2 | 73.9 | 0.625 |
| Daily | 47.8 | 43.5 | 4.8 | 28.6 | 34.8 | 26.1 | |||
Data are presented as percentage.
a
χ2 test (McNemar); FG, football group; NFG, nutrition and football group; CG, control group.
b
Significant within-group difference.