Real-Time Technology Video-Coding Tools for Programming Multisensory Interventions Incorporating Exotic Local Fruits and Vegetables in Early Childhood: Implications for Pediatric Obesity Prevention Research
Journal Title: Obesity Research - Open Journal - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Promoting fruit and vegetable (henceforth referred to as F&V) intake in early childhood is significant to public health now and in the future.1 One of the goals of Healthy People 2020 (i.e., Goal NSW-15) is to increase the variety and contribution of vegetables in the dietary habits of the population, including its youngest members (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2014).2 Education efforts fostering the consumption of fruits and vegetables in young children serve as a catalyst for efforts to combat childhood obesity by helping promote shifts in dietary patterns with decreased intake of energy-dense foods high in fat and sugars to foods high in vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients. In our work with the U.S. federal food assistance program, Head Start, in the New England region of Western Massachusetts,3 we found that children were not achieving the recommended F and V intake, and that overweight and obesity, as well as micronutrient deficiencies (vitamins A and C, and iron) may be prevalent.4 Although the direct correlation between F and V consumption, and lowering of obesity is yet to be established in this early life-stage, F and V, especially exotic varieties are low-calorie, low-fat sources of vitamins (vitamin C, carotenoids), minerals, and fiber and provide an array of phytonutrients and antioxidants, and anti-inflammatory benefits.
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Srimathi Kannan
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- DOI 10.17140/OROJ-4-e010
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