Aim: To allow children to make healthy nutrition choices through multiple and diversified didactic nutritional game-interventions, focused on knowledge, attitude and behaviour change. Methods: The COcONUT (Children prOmOting NUtrition through Theatre) project will assess the effectiveness of an educational nutritional intervention, based on theatre and a mix of theoretical and practical nutrition workshops, for children (n=20) aged 5-12 years, members of Pro-Pila Association and voluntarily enrolled upon informed consent signed by parents or caregivers. Parents/caregivers will be involved during the proposed activities. The duration of the project will be 1 year. The childrens’ knowledge about nutrition and the food behaviour will be assessed before and after the intervention, through validated self-administrated questionnaires, KIDMED and Zoom8. The final theatre representation will be based on the learned nutritional knowledge and children will be the protagonists of the story. Results: Of the participants (15 children) 60% are female, aged 5-12 years. Preliminary results shown that before the intervention 73% of the children consume at least 1 fruit and vegetable per day, but only 46%-53% respectively more than 1 fruit and 1 vegetable per day. 80% of children eat everyday pasta/rise and 86.6% bread/cereals for breakfast, 40% use industrial backed cake for breakfast, and 13% skip the breakfast. 7% of the children had a low Kidmed Score (0-3), 46% had a medium score (4-7), and 47% had an high score (8-12) (Figure 1). The Kidmed Score mean value is 7.17 for male vs 7.44 for female, with a significant difference p=0.02 (t-test). The expected results, after the intervention, will be: increase in fruit and vegetable consumption; reduction of intake of poor-nutrient energy-dense food and beverages; increase the intake of water rather than sugary drinks; decrease time spent in sedentary activities; develop awareness on healthy eating as a protective factor against chronic diseases. Conclusion: Several evidences shows that funny and active learning is the best way to make children aware about healthy lifestyle in order to prevent obesity and diseases obesity-related. In our community-based study, we involved Pro-Pila association, formed by inhabitants of the same town, because emerging evidence shows that directly involve stakeholders, from civil society and local communities, play a crucial role in the health promotion process.
The children prOmOting NUtrition throughTtheatre (COcONUT) pilot study
Gianfredi V
2016-01-01
Abstract
Aim: To allow children to make healthy nutrition choices through multiple and diversified didactic nutritional game-interventions, focused on knowledge, attitude and behaviour change. Methods: The COcONUT (Children prOmOting NUtrition through Theatre) project will assess the effectiveness of an educational nutritional intervention, based on theatre and a mix of theoretical and practical nutrition workshops, for children (n=20) aged 5-12 years, members of Pro-Pila Association and voluntarily enrolled upon informed consent signed by parents or caregivers. Parents/caregivers will be involved during the proposed activities. The duration of the project will be 1 year. The childrens’ knowledge about nutrition and the food behaviour will be assessed before and after the intervention, through validated self-administrated questionnaires, KIDMED and Zoom8. The final theatre representation will be based on the learned nutritional knowledge and children will be the protagonists of the story. Results: Of the participants (15 children) 60% are female, aged 5-12 years. Preliminary results shown that before the intervention 73% of the children consume at least 1 fruit and vegetable per day, but only 46%-53% respectively more than 1 fruit and 1 vegetable per day. 80% of children eat everyday pasta/rise and 86.6% bread/cereals for breakfast, 40% use industrial backed cake for breakfast, and 13% skip the breakfast. 7% of the children had a low Kidmed Score (0-3), 46% had a medium score (4-7), and 47% had an high score (8-12) (Figure 1). The Kidmed Score mean value is 7.17 for male vs 7.44 for female, with a significant difference p=0.02 (t-test). The expected results, after the intervention, will be: increase in fruit and vegetable consumption; reduction of intake of poor-nutrient energy-dense food and beverages; increase the intake of water rather than sugary drinks; decrease time spent in sedentary activities; develop awareness on healthy eating as a protective factor against chronic diseases. Conclusion: Several evidences shows that funny and active learning is the best way to make children aware about healthy lifestyle in order to prevent obesity and diseases obesity-related. In our community-based study, we involved Pro-Pila association, formed by inhabitants of the same town, because emerging evidence shows that directly involve stakeholders, from civil society and local communities, play a crucial role in the health promotion process.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
