5 A Day Adventures

5 A Day Adventures
Developer	eMotion Studios
Publisher	Dole Food Company
Director	Paul Lundahl
Producer	Patsy Northcutt
Programmers	Grig Billam, John-Erik Omland
Artists	Halstead Craig Hannah, Michael Ringseis
Writer	Lissa Rovetech
Composer	Phil Schroeder
Platforms	Microsoft Windows, Mac OS
Release	1993
Genre	Education
Mode	Single-user

5 A Day Adventures is an educational entertainment computer product developed by eMotion Studios.

Purpose

The software teaches third-grade students to eat fruits and vegetables daily. ^[1] It features singing and rapping partially-clothed cartoon fruit and vegetables that explain how their actual counterparts are grown, nutritionally valued and cooked. ^{[2] [3]}

Publication history

The program was published and produced by the Dole Food Company, in collaboration with the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior. ^[4] It was given to more than 18,000 schools across the United States and bundled with the Macintosh Quadra 630 series. In all, 270,000 copies were distributed. ^[1]

See also

• Preventice

References

1. Wheelock, Verner (1997). Implementing dietary guidelines for healthy eating. Jones & Bartlett Publishers. ISBN   0-7514-0304-0.
2. Pratt, Steve (17 February 1994). "Singing, dancing veggies liven up nutrition". Chicago Tribune.
3. "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.
4. "McGovern-Dole Food for Education Program". USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2023-09-07.

External links

• Society for Nutrition Education
• Dole 5 a Day Adventures
• Miller, Mary Guy (1996). An In-depth Descriptive Case Study of the Development of 5 A Day Adventures, the CD-ROM (Thesis). Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. hdl:10919/39580. (cannot be opened unless connected to the Virginia Tech campus networks)