1. Fruits and Vegetables For Kids
Ashley Haugo

2. Scientific Article
Title: ‘‘Smart Bodies’’ School Wellness Program Increased Children’s Knowledge of Healthy Nutrition Practices and Self-Efficacy to Consume Fruit and Vegetables.
Children K-8th .
See if kids can make better choices with more experience with fruits and vegetables.
The result of the research taught kids at a young age about different fruits and vegetables and why they are good for them.

3. Here is an example of what questions that were asked.
Research shows
This sample questionnaire items and raw scores of the fruit and vegetable survey.
It included fourth and fifth grade students in both of the intervention and control school.
Here is an example of what questions that were asked.

4. Parents and Schools
Parents are role models for their kids and what they eat kids will follow.
Teach kids the right way to snack and limit their access to candy, cola and other sweets!

5. What to Know about F&V Different kinds of ways to get F&V
Fresh
Frozen
Canned
Dried fruits and vegetables
Eat vegetables with your family! Categorize them in to subgroups…
Dark greens – Orange
Starchy – Dry beans
Peas

6. Family Favorites Stack up Against Each Other
Some of the least-favorite produce items in households with kids include pomegranates, papayas, beets, apricots, artichokes, cranberries, eggplant, mangoes and kiwifruit

7. Recipes to use Great Snack Ideas:
Vegetables • celery with peanut butter.
Fruits • apples and cheese. • peaches and yogurt.
Other recipes for Vegetables- broccoli, cauliflower and carrot sticks with flavored cottage cheese dip.
Fruit-rasins mixed with sunflower seeds or nuts or bananas and peanut butter

8. Daily Intake
Everyday kids need a healthy dose of every food group to maintain good eating habits and nutrition.
Daily intake for kids 6-11 years old:
Fruits: 1 ½ Cups
Vegetables: 2 ½ cups
To provide all the needed nutrient children’s meals should include a variety of foods from each food group in amount suited to their appetites and needs.

9. Ways to get Daily Servings.
For Fruits:
For Vegetables:
1 piece of fruit or melon wedge
1/2 cup of chopped raw or cooked veggies
3/4 cup of juice
1 cup raw leafy greens
1/2 canned fruit
3/4 dried fruit
Physical Activity is also key in well rounded nutrition: motivate your kids to be active trough games and sports!!

10. Inspire Kids! Kids learn by doing so let them help
Clean
Peel
Cut up fruits and vegetables
While shopping, allow children to pick out a new fruit or vegetable to try later at home.
Offer a choice of fruits for lunch or let kids decide on the dinner vegetables or what goes into salads.

11. FV Process
In studies it shows that kids that are shown vegetables more often and different kinds of vegetables can raise their liking also it is important because of the way kids lean to fruits more easily then vegetables.
Teaching Kids
Expose them to FV.
They choose
Eat more FV.
Kids get FV in their Diet
Kids get the FV nutrition they need.

12. Website
Here are some tabs that allow the viewer to find information about fruits and vegetables.
Here are some other places where the viewer to get some more information about the website.
We want this website to help educate parents and kids about fruits and vegetables for kids and to help parents encourage their kids to eat, enjoy and grow from fruits and vegetables.

13. Places to find Resources
MyPyramid.gov
Medline Plus: Child Nutrition
MyPyramid-This is a wonderful place to learn all kinds of information for child nutrition including serving sized and daily recommendations.
Medline Plus: Child Nutrition- This is a great place to learn about child nutrition and how to live and grow from healthy diets.