Effectiveness of Taste Lessons with and without additional experiential learning activities on children’s willingness to taste vegetables

Battjes-Fries, Marieke; Haveman‐Nies, Annemien; Zeinstra, Gertrude G.; Dongen, Ellen J.I. van; Meester, H.J.; Top-Pullen, Rinelle van den; Veer, P. van ‘t; Graaf, Kees de

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2016.05.020

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“…4−6 Moreover, a previous intervention of weekly lessons of comparable duration (about 5 hours) found no effect other than increased knowledge. 7,8 The current authors also found a significant increase in vegetable acceptance, whereas a nonsignificant trend only in acceptance was observed by a much longer sensory education intervention. 4 The current authors also observed a more positive attitude in the younger age group whereas a longer intervention did not.…”

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Vegetable Education Program Positively Affects Factors Associated With Vegetable Consumption Among Australian Primary (Elementary) Schoolchildren

Poelman

Cochet-Broch

Cox

et al. 2019

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

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Objective: To measure the effectiveness of a new sensory education program for Australian primary (elementary) schoolchildren (Vegetable Education Resource to Increase Children's Acceptance and Liking [VERTICAL]) designed to increase vegetable enjoyment and positively predispose to vegetable consumption. Methods: Pretest and posttest (collected 2 weeks after intervention) survey data (n = 299) on cognitive, attitudinal, and behavioral factors associated with vegetable consumption were compared between the intervention (which followed VERTICAL, a program consisting of five 1-hour teacher-led interventions) and control students (aged 8−12 years) from Sydney primary schools. Results: The VERTICAL intervention increased knowledge about vegetables and the senses (P = .002), the ability to verbalize sensations (P < .001), vegetable acceptance (P = .007), and willingness to try vegetables (P = .05). Middle primary students gained more positive attitudes toward vegetable consumption (P = .009). Moreover, VERTICAL had no effect on food neophobia, perceived norms of teacher and peers, emotions, behavioral intentions, and vegetables tried. Conclusions and Implications: Behavioral change was achieved through VERTICAL in a short intervention, supporting further development and validation.

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“…However, a shorter sensory education (5-hour) intervention increased only knowledge and otherwise was ineffective. 7,8 A novel education program for Australian primary schools was developed with the aim of positively predisposing children to consuming vegetables:…”

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Vegetable Education Program Positively Affects Factors Associated With Vegetable Consumption Among Australian Primary (Elementary) Schoolchildren

Poelman

Cochet-Broch

Cox

et al. 2019

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

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“…In the UK, 12 months of fortnightly 90-minute kitchen classroom activities including tasting sessions failed to reduce neophobia and fussiness in primary school children aged 7-9 years [100]. In a study in the Netherlands, children with a mean age of 10 participated in five 45-minute 'Taste Lessons' either with or without experiential elements [101]. Whilst willingness to try foods was included as an outcome measure, no repeated tasting activity was incorporated into the intervention itself.…”

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Understanding Food Fussiness and Its Implications for Food Choice, Health, Weight and Interventions in Young Children: The Impact of Professor Jane Wardle

Gibson

Cooke²

2017

Curr Obes Rep

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Fussy eating and neophobia are related concepts with both genetic and environmental aetiologies. Parent-child correlations and heritability estimates are moderate to high for both traits, but aspects of the family environment remain influential in young children, although no longer in young adults. Parental strategies based around repeat tasting opportunities can improve acceptance of disliked foods in even the fussiest children. Fussy eating and neophobia are not risk factors for obesity but could limit growth in severe cases. Fussy eating and food neophobia are common concerns for parents, though health risks are low. Dissemination of evidence-based strategies to parents that can encourage a more varied diet in young children would be helpful.

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“…That physical contact with the hygiene kits appears to induce higher WTP figures for girls in our study suggests a policy of incorporating more interactive materials in health/hygiene education throughout the developing world and exposing learners to the health technologies being promoted (in real-life). Despite some evidence that experiential learning in nutritional education may not impact children's willingness to taste unfamiliar vegetables [52], prior work in the developed world within other health education fields (i.e. oral hygiene and children's nutritional choices) has shown success incorporating real objects/experiential learning [53][54][55][56].…”

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Touch for Health: Use of Pavlovian Processes with Physical Touch as a Means to Improve Menstrual Hygiene Management Initiatives, Measured by Willingness to Pay

Yilmaz

Bohara

Chowdhury

2019

PharmacoEconomics Open

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Background To combat the lack of proper facilities and menstrual health knowledge in developing countries, many WASH (Water, Hygiene, and Sanitation) initiatives are including menstrual hygiene management (MHM) components. However, evidence shows that prior efforts have not been ultimately successful in inducing relevant behavior changes, due in part to cultural constraints and unidimensional interventions. As such, MHM research may need to include consideration of new theories/approaches. Evidence is growing of the role that physical presence/proximity and ability to touch objects has on incentives for consumers to purchase goods, captured through willingness to pay (WTP) figures. Such findings can be partially explained by Pavlovian processes. Objective This study sought to provide fieldwork validation of such findings of the role of Pavlovian processes and endowment effect on WTP figures for a female hygiene kit, reflecting motivation to adopt better hygiene behaviors. Methods This study used primary survey data collected from females in two upper-level schools in southwestern Nepal (n = 169). When presented in conjunction with a hygiene education session, one group of females was allowed physical interaction with a female hygiene kit, while another was not, before being surveyed on their WTP for the kit. Both non-parametric and parametric statistical analyses were performed to assess the impact of this ability to touch the kits on WTP figures. Results Results show a statistically significant difference between the WTP figures of those females allowed interaction with the kits prior to being surveyed and those who did not. This confirms the positive impact of physical presence/touch on motivations to use/acquire hygiene-related tools. Conclusions Such findings reveal how, through application of the theory of Pavlovian processes, future (menstrual) health education efforts could harness the human instinct to consume, remember, and use those objects presented in physical form, and include personal contact and demonstrations of better health practices in future MHM and WASH education initiatives. Such an approach may allow protocols and interventions to have more success, and dissemination of healthier behaviors and knowledge to be more prominent.

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Effectiveness of Taste Lessons with and without additional experiential learning activities on children’s willingness to taste vegetables

Cited by 37 publications

References 32 publications

Vegetable Education Program Positively Affects Factors Associated With Vegetable Consumption Among Australian Primary (Elementary) Schoolchildren

Vegetable Education Program Positively Affects Factors Associated With Vegetable Consumption Among Australian Primary (Elementary) Schoolchildren

Understanding Food Fussiness and Its Implications for Food Choice, Health, Weight and Interventions in Young Children: The Impact of Professor Jane Wardle

Touch for Health: Use of Pavlovian Processes with Physical Touch as a Means to Improve Menstrual Hygiene Management Initiatives, Measured by Willingness to Pay

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