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Abstract(s)
In order to promote healthier eating habits and consequently lower obesity levels, that
it is important for children to have knowledge of diet and nutrition.
Objectives: Increase nutritional knowledge about healthy eating and Portuguese food wheel in
children aged 3-6years.
Methods: Our group developed the Growing Healthy is Fun! to 3-6 years old children, at the
Kindergarten of Obra Kolping. Several funny activities were planned, in order to instill knowledge
about healthy eating and Portuguese food wheel, leading to best eating practices and adequate
nutritional status. Structured interviews were conducted with the children pre and post the
intervention for all children that parents or guardian delivered a written informed consent.
Results: At pre intervention, the percentages of children that considered the example food as
healthy food are: 100% for apple, beans, carrots and unflavored milk; 57.1% for fish; 28.6% for
chocolate and cake. At post intervention the results are: 100% for apple, beans, carrots and
unflavored milk; 85,7% for fish; and 0% for chocolate, cake and pizza. About Portuguese food
wheel knowledge, at pre intervention, all children indicated cauliflower and banana, 71.4%
considered olive oil and plain milk, 42.9% considered cake, and 28.7% considered egg and candy
as foods belonging to the wheel. In post intervention, 100% of children considered egg, olive oil,
cauliflower and bananas as food belonging to the wheel and 71.4% of them considered milk as
belonging to the food wheel. Chocolate, candies, hamburger and cake were not classified as part of
the food wheel.
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Keywords
Growing healthy
Citation
Silva, Carolina; Ribeiro, Maria C.; Almeida-de-Souza, Juliana; Lopes, Sandra (2020). Growing healthy is fun! A co-creation nutrition intervention to children aged 3-6 years. In International Conference on Co-Creation Processes in Higher Education 2020: In2CoP 2020. Bragança
Publisher
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança