Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Intake with Reservation and Off-Reservation Kindergarten Students in Nevada

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Presents an overview of Veggies for Kids, a nutrition education program used with American Indian kindergarten students attending schools on reservations and kindergarten students attending schools next to a Nevada reservation. Examines the impact this program had on the students' knowledge of nutritional concepts and practicing healthy behaviors.

Staci Emm, Jessica Harris, Judy Halterman, Sarah Chvilicek, Carol Bishop

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 9(Suppl. 2), 215-224

11/2019

Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Health literacy · Physical activity · Schools · Statistics and data · Tribal communities · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Nevada