Mickey Mouse dice, "¡Come tus verduras!"

In the 1940's, Walt Disney Studios produced a series of animated public health films for distribution in South America.

Part of a US government program to reduce Nazi influence (and increase US influence) in South America, subjects covered included: practical defenses against malaria: The Winged Scourge (1943) the history of corn: The Grain That Built a Hemisphere (1943) sanitation: Cleanliness Brings Health (1944) balanced diets: Planning for Good Eating (1945) germs: The Unseen Enemy (1945) (The 2008 documentary Walt & El Grupo tells more of the story of Disney's creative efforts on behalf of the Good Neighbor policy.)