Let’s play! Let’s move and let’s eat healthy! Promote the knowledge the food pyramid in the children: protocol of a randomized field trial
Keywords:
food pyramid, card games, Mediterranean diet, nutrition, children, physical activity
Abstract
It’s necessary to increase the knowledge of children aged 5-9 years and their parents on the subject of eating and promoting physical
activity. The present paper describes the research protocol of a randomized field trial that aims: a) to increase the knowledge of food
pyramid and b) to modify the nutrition behavior in order to improve the Mediterranean diet, especially: to increase fruit and
vegetables consumption. The subjects enrolled in the trial will be children of the primary schools that will be randomized to receive
or not an intervention through the use of games (cards and table games), which include also physical activities.
