The diet of adolescents can be improved by school intervention.

Objective: To decrease the intake of sucrose, increase the intake of fibre and the consumption of fruit and vegetables among secondary-school pupils.

Design: Intervention study among eighth grade pupils during one school year. Data were collected by questionnaires and from a subgroup of pupils by 48 h dietary recall at baseline in spring 2007 and after the intervention in 2008.

Perceived role of fibre in a healthy diet among Finnish consumers.

Objective: The aim was to study how Finnish consumers perceive the role of fibre in the diet, which foods are regarded as good sources of fibre and the relationship between the respondents' self-estimated fibre intake and their measured intake.

Methods: A semistructured interview was conducted with 125 volunteers, including a background information questionnaire and an easy-to-use self-administered paper-and-pencil form estimating fibre intake.

Results: According to the self-administered form about half of the respondents had adequate fibre intake.