5 A Day Adventures
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| Publisher(s) | Dole Food Company |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows Mac OS |
| Release date(s) | 1994. Re-released in 2000 |
| Genre(s) | Education |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Distribution | 1 CD |
5 A Day Adventures is an educational computer game that teaches young children the importance of eating 5 to 9 fruits or vegetables a day. It is intended for third-grade level students, and features singing and rapping cartoon fruit and vegetables that explain how they are grown, their nutrition and cooking.[1][2]
It was designed by Dole Food Company in collaboration with the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior. The CD has been made freely available to more than 18,000 schools across the United States, and was bundled with Apple Macintosh computers.[3]
References
- ↑ Pratt, Steve (17 February 1994). "Singing, dancing veggies liven up nutrition". Chicago Tribune.
- ↑ "Fun with food//An innovative CD-ROM program teaches kids about nutrition via dancing fruits and vegetables, fairy tales and catchy tunes". St. Paul Pioneer Press. 27 April 1994. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- ↑ Wheelock, Verner (1997). Implementing dietary guidelines for healthy eating. Jones & Bartlett Publishers. ISBN 0-7514-0304-0.
- Miller, Mary Guy (1996). "An In-depth Descriptive Case Study of the Development of 5 A Day Adventures, the CD-ROM". Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.