therapeutic action: increased vegetable intake potential

Healthy helpers: using culinary lessons to improve children’s culinary literacy and self-efficacy to cook

Researchers tested whether teaching children to cook could help them eat more vegetables. Fourth and fifth graders participated in a six-week online cooking class and made recipes at home with their families. The children accepted vegetables best when they were hidden inside food like pocket pizzas, but rejected them in other dishes. The program successfully improved children’s cooking confidence and skills.

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