Together, We Inspire Smart Eating (WISE)

Nine-month early childhood curriculum with monthly discovery units, mascot puppet, parent engagement, and educator training to increase fruit and vegetable consumption.

Together, We Inspire Smart Eating (WISE) is a direct education intervention designed to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in children in early education programs as well as in the home. WISE delivers developmentally appropriate food experiences and promotes behavior change through its 3 components: classroom curricula, parent engagement content, and educator training. The intervention is designed to be delivered across a 9-month term with food experiences and supporting activities executed weekly. This program creates positive changes in child and family eating behaviors that align with the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommendations, specifically, increasing the number of servings of fruit and vegetables consumed and an increase in a variety of fruits and vegetables consumed. Social media content is available for programs interested in using the content to engage families and early childhood educators in the WISE program goals.

Evidence: Research-tested; comparison study showed increased fruit/vegetable intake, verified by Raman spectroscopy carotenoid measures

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