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Objective: Evaluate whether participation in Choose Health: Food, Fun, and Fitness (CHFFF), a hands-on, experiential curriculum aimed at third- to sixth-graders, resulted in improvements in the targeted obesity and chronic disease prevention behaviors., Methods: The researchers evaluated CHFFF in low-income youth participating in 2 federal programs in New York State during 2013-2015. Food and activity behaviors were assessed using the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program third- through fifth- and sixth- through eighth-grade pre-post surveys, along with 2 sets of added CHFFF-specific items completed by subsamples. Educators trained in CHFFF had youth complete the surveys as they delivered the curriculum, primarily in schools and after-school programs., Results: Paired t tests showed significant (P < .01) positive changes before to after CHFFF education for consumption of vegetables, fruits, sweetened drinks, nutrition label reading, and other food and activity behaviors., Conclusions and Implications: Results provide practice-based evidence that CHFFF promotes positive behavior change in participating youth., (Copyright © 2017 Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Objective: Assess effectiveness of the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program on nutrition behaviors post-education and longitudinally., Design: Switching replications randomized experimental design. Participants randomly assigned to immediate education (IE) or delayed education (DE). Participants in IE received intervention the first 8 weeks, and those in DE the second 8 weeks, with no intervention during alternate periods. Data were collected in 3 repeated measures., Participants: Parents (n = 168 randomized; n = 134 completed) of children in 2 Head Start and 6 low-income schools., Intervention: Eight weekly workshops, based on Eating Right is Basic-Enhanced adapted to incorporate dialogue approach with experiential learning., Main Outcome Measures: Ten-item self-reported behavior checklist on nutrition, food resource management, food safety, and food security; responses on a 5-point scale reporting frequency of behavior., Analysis: Chi-square, analysis of variance, and multiple regression., Results: Groups were demographically similar. Both groups reported improved behaviors pre- to post-education (P < .05). There was no significant difference between groups at Time 1 (T1) or DE control period (T1 vs T2). Changed IE behavior was retained T2 to T3. A multiple regression model of overall change, controlling for T1 score and educator, showed significant improvement (n = 134, β = 5.72, P < .001)., Conclusions and Implications: Positive outcomes were supported by this experimental study in a usual program context, with reported behavior changes retained at least 2 months., (Copyright © 2014 Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior. All rights reserved.)