The Veggies4myHeart project is an initiative of ciTechCare, whose main goal is to promote the consumption of vegetables in pre-school children. For this purpose, the digital game Veggies4myHeart (now available on PlayStore and AppStore) was developed with the participation of teachers and students of the degrees in Dietetics and Nutrition and Digital Games and Multimedia, of the Polytechnic of Leiria. Besides this educational tool, a children’s story and a sticker booklet with the same characters of the digital game were also created. With the support of these educational tools, food education sessions are held in kindergartens where the five vegetables from the Veggies4myHeart game are promoted – carrot, lettuce, cucumber, tomato and red cabbage.
Funding Program: Challenges Accelerator – Challenges in Cardiology; CCISP-HES-SO – Seed money for joint Swiss-Portuguese academic projects.
Funding IPLeiria: 10.000,00€