Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Cyprus.

Correspondence: Begüm Harmancıoğlu, PhD, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, TR North Cyprus via Mersin 10, Turkey ([email protected] or [email protected]).

The authors thank the directors of the kindergartens who accepted this study to be conducted, the kindergarten teachers for their support, and the parents of the children who accepted to participate in this study. The authors also thank Editage (www.editage.com) for English language editing.

The authors have disclosed that they have no significant relationships with, or financial interest in, any commercial companies pertaining to this article.