This logic flow shows the Play With Your Food program’s inputs, activities, outputs, and their short, medium, and long-term outcomes.

Fruit & Vegetable Exposure Activities

Input: Planner develops a bi-weekly fruit and vegetable exposure activity curriculum.

Activities: Implement fruit and vegetable exposure curriculum in Title I elementary schools in Benton County.

Outputs: 75% of students will successfully complete 15 fruit and vegetable exposure education sessions.

Short-Term Outcomes: Increased awareness of fruit and vegetable exposure activities and the benefits of eating more fruits and vegetables.

Medium-Term Outcomes: Students demonstrate knowledge of implementing fruit and vegetable exposure activities when not in an educational session.

Long-Term Outcomes: Increased willingness to try new fruits and vegetables utilizing exposure techniques.  Increased self-efficacy in fruit and vegetable consumption.  Decrease in sick days and doctor’s appointments.

Teacher Training

Input: Planners create guides for teachers on incorporating nutrition education into existing curricula.

Activities: Planners meet with teachers during the pre-school year professional development day to distribute and review curriculum guides.

Outputs: All teachers use at least one nutrition education curriculum section to augment their lesson plans.

Short-Term Outcomes: Teachers gain an understanding of the ways that nutrition education can be included in the existing curriculum.

Medium-Term Outcomes: Teachers gain confidence in using the nutrition education guide and incorporating it into more lessons.  Teachers build knowledge in nutrition education principles and applications.

Long-Term Outcomes: All teachers include nutrition education activities in yearly lesson plans.  Teachers are knowledgeable about the benefits of increased fruit and vegetable intake and model the importance in words and action. Teachers experience lower rates of sick days and chronic illness diagnosis.

Monthly Newsletters

Input: Planner to purchase supplies for a monthly newsletter to be sent home to parents.

Activities: Planners create and print monthly newsletters for parents about fruit and vegetable exposure activities and recipes to incorporate fruits and vegetables into meals and snacks.

Outputs: All parents receive the monthly fruit and vegetable exposure newsletter.

Short-Term Outcomes: Improved knowledge about the benefits of consistent fruit and vegetable exposure and consumption.

Medium-Term Outcomes: Parents build self-efficacy in fruit and vegetable preparation and ways to help their children become more comfortable with new foods.  Improved confidence among parents in being role models for their children in fruit and vegetable intake.

Long-Term Outcomes: Higher rates of fruit and vegetable consumption in students and families.  Lower medical bills due to nutrition-related illnesses.  Lower rates of chronic disease among families.