Mickey Mouse says “Eat your veggies!”

September 6th, 2006

I was amused to see that Disney cartoon characters are being recruited to encourage children in the USA to eat more healthily.

Apparently a company in the United States has signed a deal with Walt Disney to licence cartoon characters that will be displayed on packets of fruit, vegetables and other healthy foods such as breakfast cereals.

With childhood obesity so prevalent in the States - and elsewhere - I think any attempt to make healthy foods more appealing to children should be encouraged.

Research has shown that if young children are introduced to foods with a high nutritional value, they are more likely to incorporate these healthy foods into their diet as they get older. Hopefully they will eat less fast food and more fruit and vegetables instead.

So Mickey, Tweety Bird and Daisy Duck you are welcome recruits in the war against obesity. Please pack your kit bags and come to the UK too!

Entry Filed under: Healthy Foods