Child Health Initiative for Lifelong Eating and Exercise (CHILE) Plus

New Mexico Human Services Department, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed)

Yes

In 2015, an evaluation of CHILE Plus found: CHILE Plus participants had a slight (.17 servings) increase in fruit and vegetable consumption from baseline to follow-up, but the difference wasn’t statistically significant. CHILE Plus participants had a decrease (.69 days) of days when half the plate was fruits and vegetables from baseline to follow-up. The decrease was statistically significant (p<.05). There was an association between the frequency with which children helped prepare meals and the average servings of fruits and vegetables per day. Children who helped prepare meals at least once per day consumed significantly more fruits and vegetables than children who almost never helped prepare meals. In 2019, CHILE Plus teachers reported conducting 1,227 CHILE Plus classroom nutrition lessons, offering 17,225 tasting opportunities. Target foods were served during a meal or snack in 86.5% of all weeks reported. A majority (97.4%) of all classroom days in session reported at least 30 minutes of structured physical activity, and 31.4% reported 60 minutes or more, an average of 49.6 minutes per day of structured PA.

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