Kindergarteners may be more likely to eat vegetables if they're enticed with things such as tasting parties, cooking classes, gardening and even Popeye cartoons.
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That's the finding of an eight-week study that monitored the fruit and vegetable consumption of 26 kindergarteners before and after they participated in a program that used multimedia, role models and play to promote healthy food consumption.
The research is described in the current issue of the journal Nutrition & Dietetics.
"We got the children planting vegetable seeds, taking part in fruit- and vegetable-tasting parties, cooking vegetable soup, and watching Popeye cartoons. We also sent letters to parents with tips on encouraging their kids to eat fruit and vegetables, and teachers sat with children at lunch to role model healthy eating," lead researcher Professor Chutima Sirikulchayanonta, of Mahidol University in Bangkok, said in a journal news release.
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SOURCE: Health Day
