Promoting toddlers’ vegetable consumption through interactive reading and puppetry

Droog, Simone M. de; Nee, Roselinde L. van; Govers, Mieke; Buijzen, Moniek

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2017.04.022

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“…Several studies have explored the potential for picture books to encourage fruit and vegetable consumption in pre‐school children between 21 months and 6 years of age. One approach has been to use story books involving character‐led narratives that promote positive messages about vegetables such as kohlrabi, carrots and celeriac (Byrne & Nitzke ; de Droog et al ; Droog et al ; Nekitsing et al ). For example, de Droog et al () wrote a book about a character (a rabbit or turtle) who became fit and strong after eating carrots.…”

Section: Picture Book Interventions For Healthy Eatingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To date, little effort has been made to understand exactly how picture books work to change children’s food acceptance. However, it is likely that multiple mechanisms underlie the observed effects, including visual familiarity and social reinforcement (Houston‐Price et al ; de Droog et al ; Heath et al ; Droog et al ; Nekitsing et al ). In the next section, we consider how these and other mechanisms might be combined to build even more effective picture book interventions.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…de Droog et al () found that an interactive reading style that encouraged children to answer questions about their vegetable story resulted in greater consumption of carrots compared with a passive reading activity. In a follow‐up study, it was found that interactive reading involving a puppet resulted in the highest intake of carrots across conditions (de Droog et al ). The authors suggested that this reading style encouraged children to imitate the food‐related behaviours modelled by the puppet, such as putting a carrot in its mouth, which served to reinforce the intended behaviour change.…”

Section: Mechanisms Underpinning the Effects Of Picture Book Intervenmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Interestingly, the majority of studies using picture books or picture‐based exposure to promote fruit or vegetable consumption among children have been conducted in English‐speaking countries, with the exception of studies by de Droog et al (, ) and Rioux et al (). In studies where participant demographics have been reported ( e.g.…”

Section: The See and Eat Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Me and my veggies: The use of interactive, personalised picture books in healthy eating interventions

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Increased fruit and vegetable consumption is important for children’s healthy eating. Although repeated taste exposures are effective in supporting children’s acceptance of healthy foods, more enjoyable interventions that increase children’s familiarity with foods through other sensory modalities can also be helpful. Picture book interventions, which draw on the principles of visual familiarity and social reinforcement, are effective in increasing pre‐schoolers’ acceptance of vegetables. With the rise of digital technologies, e‐books present a new tool for offering picture book interventions on a large scale and offer additional features that might potentially boost their effects. In this paper, we propose two specific mechanisms, interactive learning and personalisation, that could make e‐book eating interventions especially effective with young children and we outline new directions for research to elucidate their effects. We then briefly describe an ongoing study that explores the effectiveness of a vegetable e‐book intervention that incorporates the mechanisms described in this paper.

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Section: Picture Book Interventions For Healthy Eatingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Picture Book Interventions For Healthy Eatingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Mechanisms Underpinning the Effects Of Picture Book Intervenmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…31,32 In addition, characters from picture books and puppets have also been reported to influence children's food consumption and preferences. 33,34 Results from a study where children were shown a puppet DVD for 5 consecutive days before lunch to influence FV consumption reported a significant increase in FV consumed from the test group compared to the control groups. 34 The use of characters to influence children's food preferences in grounded in the social cognitive theory (SCT).…”

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Improving Willingness to Try Fruits and Vegetables Among Low-Income Children Through Use of Characters

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Purpose: Low-income children are disproportionately affected by high rates of food insecurity and obesity, placing them at risk for poor health outcomes. Diets that are rich in fruits and vegetables (FV) are associated with health benefits such as reducing the risk of obesity. Despite these benefits, American children do not consume nationally recommended amounts of fruits (63%) and vegetables (90%) per day. Data reveal that young children exhibit increased food neophobia toward vegetables. One way to decrease food neophobia is to introduce FV to young children via recipe tasting. The purpose of the study was to increase willingness to try FV among low-income children using live characters at Summer Food Service Program Sites. Methods: The study design was a small-scale pilot study to conduct taste tests of recipes with 125 low-income children. Researchers created recipe-tasting stations at two different sites. At Site 1, characters promoting FV characters were present at the recipe-tasting station. At Site 2, researchers presented recipes without characters being present. Taste tests were conducted once per week for a period of 4 weeks using two previously validated instruments, Taste Test Tool and the Taste and Rate Questionnaire. Results: Results demonstrated that introducing FV recipes with characters showed a trend toward increasing willingness to try FV among low-income children. Data also suggested that low-income children had limited exposure to specific FV before recipe tastings. Conclusion: The use of characters is a promising approach to increase willingness to try FV among low-income children.

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Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under

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Promoting toddlers’ vegetable consumption through interactive reading and puppetry

Cited by 21 publications

References 28 publications

Me and my veggies: The use of interactive, personalised picture books in healthy eating interventions

Me and my veggies: The use of interactive, personalised picture books in healthy eating interventions

Improving Willingness to Try Fruits and Vegetables Among Low-Income Children Through Use of Characters

Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under

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