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A fruit and vegetable cart – effects of offering free fruits and snack vegetables at the university campus on Dutch students’ intakes.

A fruit and vegetable cart – effects of offering on-site free fruits and snack vegetables on Dutch students’ intakes.

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN13514901
Enrollment
1000
Registered
2018-10-04
Start date
2017-03-13
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2020-11-09

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Conditions

Fruit and vegetable intake Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine

Interventions

Fruits and snack vegetables were provided in the afternoon in a mobile cart in the form of a miniature wooden house which was placed in the central hall of the university building. This intervention h

Sponsors

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: First and second year students at HAS University of Applied Science

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. If students did not provide a student number on the questionnaire: this was needed to match data of pretest and the post-test 2. If a student indicated at any point that they did not want to participate

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Self-reported fruit and snack vegetable intake, assessed using a Food Frequency Questionnaire at the pretest and post-test, and the follow-up in experiment 2 (6 weeks after the intervention)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Self-reported total vegetable intake, cooked vegetable intake, side dish vegetable intake, assessed with questionnaires at the pretest and post-test, and the follow-up in experiment 2 2. Perceived taste of the fruits and vegetables that were offered and effectiveness of the intervention evaluated with new developed questionnaires during the post-test of experiment 2

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026