Increasing Adoption of Fruits and Vegetables Into Family Diet

The Impact of Providing Choices for Fruits and Vegetable Access on Child Diet

The investigators are interested in maximizing the consumption of fruits and vegetables (F&V) in elementary school children by increasing the access to F&V by providing them in the home environment via direct delivery (F&V bag & recipes) and a gift card to purchase preferred choices. This also decreases barriers to trying F&V and switching to a more F&V-focused diet, e.g., access, cost, knowledge of what to do with fruits and vegetables by their families in household diet, and a period of time to try and get used to more F&V in the diet without worrying about access and cost.

We hypothesize that at the end of 4 weeks, children in families that were given access to a F&V produce box with associated recipes, a gift card to purchase preferred choices, and a cooking incentive kit, consumed significantly better diets as measured with a diet composite score compared with children in families who did not receive increased F&V access.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Families must be participants in the Boys and Girls "Club on the Go" program. They could sign up to become a participant while we are recruiting.
2. Caregiver must be able to come to the same "Club on the Go" site every week.
3. At least one child in the family must be k-5 student.
4. Caregiver must be able to read and write in English or Spanish to answer assessments.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Reference child with any medical condition in which they have to follow a specific diet.
2. Caregiver cannot read and write in English or Spanish.
3. Reference child not living with caregiver for majority of time (75% or greater).
4. Families that do not meet the inclusion criteria