Popeye The Sailor Makes Kids Eat More Vegetables Says Research
Written by Vegetarian Star on August 9th, 2010 in Children, Food & Drink, Pop Culture, Research + Science.
Catchy songs recited by cartoon characters usually result in children demanding sugary, high caloric snacks, but Popeye the Sailor Man’s tune has them asking for the green stuff that gave him the energy to ward off Bluto.
A study conducted by researchers at Mahidol University in Bangkok found children aged four and five doubled their servings of vegetables after watching the sailor’s show.
After watching the cartoon for a set amount of time, the children in the study ate four servings of vegetables a day compared to two servings before. The study is published in the journal Nutrition and Dietetics.
“We got the children planting vegetable seeds, taking part in fruit and vegetable tasting parties, cooking vegetable soup, and watching Popeye cartoons,” said Professor Chutima Sirikulchayanonta.
Watching Popeye did not encourage children to eat more fruits, and researchers thought this was because they were already getting plenty of fruit in their diets.
Healthy marketing to minors is a good thing. Now, if we can only get Popeye to drop the unhealthy pipe smoking, which some think is filled with something the word “spinach” meant during his creation during the 20s and 30s.
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