The producers of the show insist that they are not asking small children to go on a diet. Source: jam343 on Flickr. PBS has recently decided it was time their Cookie Monster was sent on a diet. Sesame Street's cookie-loving Muppet icon developed a sudden interest in vegetables, as part of PBS's drive to instill a healthy lifestyle in children. According to the Sesame Street Muppet Bios, "This season, Cookie Monster learns a lot about health and nutrition. Hoots the Owl explains in a song that 'A Cookie is a Sometimes Food,' and he joins Wyclef Jean in a rap song, 'Healthy Food'." "We would never use the word 'diet' with pre-schoolers," a spokeswoman told The New Zealand Herald .
The producers of the show insist that they are not asking small children to go on a diet. Source: jam343 on Flickr. has recently decided it was time their was sent on a diet. Sesame Street's cookie-loving icon developed a sudden interest in vegetables, as part of PBS's drive to instill a healthy lifestyle in children. According to the Sesame Street Muppet Bios, "This season, Cookie Monster learns a lot about health and nutrition. Hoots the Owl explains in a song that 'A Cookie is a Sometimes Food,' and he joins in a rap song, 'Healthy Food'." "We would never use the word 'diet' with pre-schoolers," a spokeswoman told .
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