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Increased fruit and vegetable intake is protective against weight gain, but this effect is specific to female students.

For female students, increasing fruit and vegetable intake can help prevent weight gain. For males, this specific dietary change did not show a protective effect against weight gain in this study.

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An increase of 1 consumption/week of fruit and vegetables was associated with a decrease in BMI of 0.13 kg/m2 in girls... but not in boys.
Bénédicte Deforche et al. · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · 2015

Why this rating

Prospective study, but effect size is small and specific to one gender.

Source

Changes in weight, physical activity, sedentary behaviour and dietary intake during the transition to higher education: a prospective study

Bénédicte Deforche et al. · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · 2015

DOI 10.1186/s12966-015-0173-9

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