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SynthesisEuropean journal of nutrition2016

Increasing vegetable intakes: rationale and systematic review of published interventions.

Katherine M Appleton, Ann Hemingway, Laure Saulais, Caterina Dinnella, Erminio Monteleone, Laurence Depezay, David Morizet, F J Armando Perez-Cueto, Ann Bevan, Heather Hartwell

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Synthesis in European journal of nutrition, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 91 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

91 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  6. Garden-based interventions and early childhood health: an umbrella review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020
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  12. Feasibility of a co-designed and personalised intervention to improve vegetable intake in rural-dwelling young adults.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Katherine M AppletonResearch Centre for Behaviour Change, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth University, Poole House, Fern Barrow, Poole, Dorset, BH12 5BB, UK. k.appleton@bournemouth.ac.uk.
Ann HemingwayFaculty of Health and Social Sciences, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK.
Laure SaulaisCentre for Food and Hospitality Research, Institut Paul Bocuse, Ecully, France.
Caterina DinnellaDepartment of the Management of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Systems, University of Firenze, Florence, Italy.
Erminio MonteleoneDepartment of the Management of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Systems, University of Firenze, Florence, Italy.
Laurence DepezayFood and Behaviours Department, Corporate Research and Communication, Bonduelle, Villeneuve D'Ascq, France.
David MorizetFood and Behaviours Department, Corporate Research and Communication, Bonduelle, Villeneuve D'Ascq, France.
F J Armando Perez-CuetoDepartment of Food Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Ann BevanFaculty of Health and Social Sciences, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK.
Heather HartwellFaculty of Management, Bournemouth University, Poole, Dorset, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeWhile the health benefits of a high fruit and vegetable consumption are well known and considerable work has attempted to improve intakes, increasing evidence also recognises a distinction between fruit and vegetables, both in their impacts on health and in consumption patterns. Increasing work suggests health benefits from a high consumption specifically of vegetables, yet intakes remain low, and barriers to increasing intakes are prevalent making intervention difficult. A systematic review was undertaken to identify from the published literature all studies reporting an intervention to increase intakes of vegetables as a distinct food group.

methodsDatabases-PubMed, PsychInfo and Medline-were searched over all years of records until April 2015 using pre-specified terms.

resultsOur searches identified 77 studies, detailing 140 interventions, of which 133 (81 %) interventions were conducted in children. Interventions aimed to use or change hedonic factors, such as taste, liking and familiarity (n = 72), use or change environmental factors (n = 39), use or change cognitive factors (n = 19), or a combination of strategies (n = 10). Increased vegetable acceptance, selection and/or consumption were reported to some degree in 116 (83 %) interventions, but the majority of effects seem small and inconsistent.

conclusionsGreater percent success is currently found from environmental, educational and multi-component interventions, but publication bias is likely, and long-term effects and cost-effectiveness are rarely considered. A focus on long-term benefits and sustained behaviour change is required. Certain population groups are also noticeably absent from the current list of tried interventions.

Indexed as

Diet, HealthyVegetablesFruitHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansInterventionsPublished literatureSystematic reviewVegetables

Identifiers

PMID26754302
PMCPMC4819941

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