title: A healthy nutrition programme with child 'Cub Scouts'.
abstract: This commentary describes the development of the Health Nutrition programme carried out by University of Cagliari with 19 Italian scout groups. In total 353 children between the ages of 6 and 10 participated in the programme. The objectives were to develop children's knowledge on the Mediterranean diet through games. The project was developed between January and June of 2006. The activities were carried out by the Cub Scout leaders with the objective to improve the Cub Scouts' knowledge on nutrition. Every week they implemented a different game, which showed the Cub Scouts' increased levels of interest and participation. This experience demonstrated that it is possible to involve children in a context outside of the school to carry out a health promotion programme.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health University of Cagliari - Cagliari 09124 Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sotgiu
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mereu
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Spiga
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Coroneo
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Contu
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D038441:Diet, Mediterranean; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D009939:Organizations, Nonprofit; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires