Reducing the Use of Sugar by School Lunch Cooks in Public Schools

"A nutritional education program was carried out during seven months of one school year aiming to reduce added sugar in school meals by the school lunch cooks and in their own consumption.~All women in the intervention group participated in three sections about sugar consumption and one section on food labeling, as well as recipes competition of with reducing sugar.~Printed material and gifts, such as mugs, refrigerator magnets and small purses with the logo of the campaign were given to the participants.~All sections of education were delivered in the schools. The activities required 20 to 30 minutes and were facilitated by trained research assistants. Printed instructions and orientations on the facilitation process supported the assistants' efforts."

The control group received only three one-hour general sessions on health issues.