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Design and Implementation of a Sensory‐based Exotic Fruit and Vegetable Nutrition Education Classroom Intervention targeting Pre‐K through First Grade Children in Southern Illinois
Author(s) -
KANNAN SRIMATHI
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.29.1_supplement.901.29
Subject(s) - taste , psychology , intervention (counseling) , reading (process) , sensory system , presentation (obstetrics) , medical education , pedagogy , medicine , neuroscience , psychiatry , political science , law , cognitive psychology , radiology
The purpose of this pilot study is to design and implement a innovative classroom‐based nutrition education study that involves using the five senses (sight, smell, touch, taste, hearing) in order to teach preschool children about exotic, locally available fruits and vegetables. During the six‐week project time‐frame, trained student research project assistants introduced the children (n=180) to the respective fruit or vegetable for that day through an activity, which involved music, dance, book reading, arts and crafts, or movement. Children tasted pre‐weighed portions of the featured fruit/vegetable upon completion of lesson plan for that day. Using videotaped observations and rating scales, research assistants observed the children and recorded sensory‐based explorations and interactions using the Willingness to Engage and Willingness to Taste Rating scale with the fruit or vegetable and peer interactions. This presentation will highlight methodological protocols planned for video‐coding the sensory observations and peer interactions.