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Item Results of the Series of No-Sweet Food Activities and Sugars Intake of Children in Trang-Pilot Schools(Vajira Medical Journal, 2010-01-08) Apapunnee KhemwuttipongAbstract Results of the Series of No-Sweet Food Activities and Sugars Intake of Children in Trang-Pilot Schools Apapunnee Khemwuttipong DDS, MPH (Public Health Administration) Dental Division, Trang Public Health Office Objective: To study the effects of a series of no-sweet food activities on sugars intake of children in Trang-pilot schools during the school year 2005-2007. Study design: Descriptive study. Subjects: 1,035 students in Prathom 3-4 from 3 private primary schools in Maung District of Trang Province. Methods: Varieties of activities were designed to educate and to promote the knowledge and attitude to reduce sugars intake of the students. The quantity of sugars intake were periodically monitored for 3 years by questionnaires from the Thai's Sugar Intake Project. Main outcome measures: Daily sugars intake before and after the activities, percentage of students in Prathom 3-4 who followed the guideline (\< 6 tea-spoons of sugar/day). Results: Mean sugars intake of the students were serially decreased from 84.1 g/day from the first evaluation to 63.5 g/day and 63.2 g/day during the interval evaluations, and to 53.3 g/day at the end of the project. The percentages of students who followed the guideline also increased from 20.6% to 35.7%. Conclusion: A series of no-sweet food activities have benefits to sugars intake of students. Daily sugars intake was decreased as well as the increased percentages of students who followed the recommended guidline. Vajira Med J 2008 ; 52 : 139 - 145