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Table 5 Effect of the intervention on daily consumption of food by group of intervention

From: Does additional support provided through e-mail or SMS in a Web-based Social Marketing program improve children’s food consumption? A Randomized Controlled Trial

Food categories

Group 1

Web-only

(n = 218)

Group 2

Web + e-mail (vs control)

(n = 196)

Group 3

Web + SMS (vs control)

(n = 194)

Water

0.03 (0.09)

−0.07 (0.12)

0.02 (0.12)

Fruit

0.17* (0.07)

−0.06 (0.09)

0.08 (0.09)

Vegetables

−0.04 (0.04)

−0.03 (0.06)

0.12* (0.06)

Starchy foods

−0.06 (0.05)

−0.01 (0.07)

− 0.07 (0.07)

Meat

−0.03 (0.03)

0.05 (0.05)

0.01 (0.05)

Fish

−0.02 (0.02)

0.00 (0.02)

0.03 (0.03)

Eggs

−0.03 (0.02)

0.03 (0.02)

0.01 (0.02)

Dairy products

0.04 (0.05)

−0.02 (0.07)

−0.03 (0.07)

Fat

0.07 (0.06)

−0.01 (0.07)

0.01 (0.07)

Fat meat/fat fish

0.03 (0.03)

−0.05 (0.05)

−0.03 (0.03)

Sweets

−0.11* (0.05)

−0.11 (0.07)

0.00 (0.08)

Soft drinks

−0.11 (0.06)

−0.02 (0.08)

− 0.04 (0.08)

  1. Results are presented as regression coefficients (Std. Errors)
  2. *Significant at the p < .05 level