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Requests For Fruits And Vegetables After Participating In An After-School Nutrition Education Program, Melissa Antalek
Requests For Fruits And Vegetables After Participating In An After-School Nutrition Education Program, Melissa Antalek
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
Background:
Thrive is an after-school program for urban low-income school-aged children that utilizes elements of the Coordinated Approach to Child Health evidence-based model to teach nutrition concepts.1 Unique to Thrive’s design is providing exposure to new fruits and vegetables through a weekly healthy treat made with fresh produce. This descriptive research investigated whether differences existed in fruit- and vegetable-related behavior between Thrive and non-Thrive groups.
Methods:
A caregiver questionnaire was administered at childcare sites with and without Thrive programs, asking caregivers to categorize fruit and vegetable requests at the store and during meals and snacks, along with fruit and …