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Monday, August 16, 2010

Project Prompts Kindergarten Students to Double Veggie Intake

Researchers from the Mahidol University in Bangkok were able to convince a group of kindergarteners to double the amounts and kinds of vegetables they ate during school lunches.

Among the techniques used on the 26 participants ages four and five years old were to have them plant vegetable seeds, take part in vegetable-tasting parties, prepare vegetable dishes, sit down and eat vegetables with the children, and show them cartoon characters like Popeye who enjoy vegetables.

This study appears in the journal Nutrition and Dietetics.
 

Labels: nutrition, vegetables

Posted By: Jane St. Clair

Comments:

Kensington on 8/30/2010
Love it! I remember planting some things as a kid and being so excited when they were able to be picked and eaten. These approaches should be tried universally.