Students’ beliefs and behaviour regarding low-calorie beverages, sweets or snacks: are they affected by lessons on healthy food and by changes to school vending machines?

@article{Kocken2015StudentsBA,
  title={Students’ beliefs and behaviour regarding low-calorie beverages, sweets or snacks: are they affected by lessons on healthy food and by changes to school vending machines?},
  author={Paul Kocken and Nicole M. C. van Kesteren and Goof J. Buijs and Jeltje Snel and Elise Dusseldorp},
  journal={Public Health Nutrition},
  year={2015},
  volume={18},
  pages={1545 - 1553}
}
Abstract Objective To study the effects of school lessons about healthy food on adolescents’ self-reported beliefs and behaviour regarding the purchase and consumption of soft drinks, water and extra foods, including sweets and snacks. The lessons were combined with the introduction of lower-calorie foods, food labelling and price reductions in school vending machines. Design A cluster-randomized controlled design was used to allocate schools to an experimental group (i.e. lessons and changes… 
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