Success StoryEat More Vegetables



Eat More Vegetables

Author: Vanessa Harris

Planning Unit: Menifee County CES

Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)

Outcome: Initial Outcome

The current Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend that adolescents between the ages of 14 and 18 eat between 1 ½ cups and 4 cups of vegetables each day. That might not sound difficult, but just 2% of American teens reach that recommendation. 

The Menifee County SNAP-ED Assistant taught Teen Cuisine Cooking and Nutrition Education Curriculum at the Frenchburg Group Home to a group of five resident teens. After six lessons with the residents, a pretest and posttest evaluation of the teens showed an 80% improvement in eating more vegetables. One of the residents stated he liked eating the vegetables and salads the SNAP-ED assistant brought.  He asked a staff member at the Group Home if they could have more salads to eat.






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