Mixed Methods Study Investigating Adolescent Acceptance and Implementation Outcomes of Serving Spicy Vegetables in School Lunch.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Only a few adolescents are meeting their daily vegetable requirement. At the same time, spicy food is increasingly popular and familiar across cultures.

Objectives

To explore the implementation of spicy vegetables into school meals, the primary objective is to determine adolescents' preferred degree of hot spice on steamed broccoli. Secondary objectives include estimating the appropriateness and acceptability of spicy vegetables in the National School Lunch Program and identifying strategies to promote spicy vegetables within school meals.

Methods

One hundred participants between the age 11 and 17 y sampled 4 steamed broccoli florets with varying levels of a ground red and cayenne pepper spice blend (0, 0.9, 2.0, and 4.0 g). Participants rated their likeabi

SUBMITTER: Siebert E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11367512 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature