Abstract
Providing knowledge alone is simply not enough to motivate children to eat fruits and vegetables. Innovative nutrition education strategies are often needed to improve attitudes and behaviors about fruit and vegetable intake. Educational theater for nutrition education is one approach in particular that rarely gets attention from academia. The use of education entertainment, or ‘‘edutainment,’’ is the incorporation of education with entertainment and is known to enhance the overall learning experience for the audience. Although previous theaterbased nutrition education programs exist, the literature concerning the effect of teen-led interventions is limited. The main objective of this research was to guide high school students in developing and evaluating an entertaining and educational performance about nutrition and physical activity for kindergarten-6th grade (K-6) audiences. The main messages that were selected for the performance were to eat more fruits and vegetables and participate in regular physical activity.
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