ERIC Number: EJ884684
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 9
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Growing Youth Growing Food: How Vegetable Gardening Influences Young People's Food Consciousness and Eating Habits
Libman, Kimberly
Applied Environmental Education and Communication, v6 n1 p87-95 2007
Much attention is currently being paid to rising rates of obesity, especially among youth. In this context, garden-based education can have a role in improving public health. A qualitative study conducted at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) Children's Garden provides supporting evidence for the claim that growing vegetables can improve the nutrition behavior of young gardeners. It finds that positive social interaction during gardening, harvesting, sharing, preparing, and eating produce may influence young people's food consciousness and eating habits. Recommendations are made for using the social interaction in garden-based learning settings to positively influence youth's food consciousness and nutrition. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Obesity, Nutrition, Public Health, Eating Habits, Botany, Gardening, Child Health, Consciousness Raising, Interaction, Interpersonal Relationship, Minority Groups, At Risk Students, Early Adolescents, Preadolescents, Interviews, Observation, Attitude Change, Urban Areas
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York
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