Repeated exposure and associative conditioning promote preschool children’s liking of vegetables

Anzman‐Frasca, Stephanie; Savage, Jennifer S.; Marini, Michele; Fisher, Jennifer O.; Birch, Leann L.

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2011.11.012

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“…Repeated taste exposure, where people are asked to taste a food repeatedly over a period of time, has been found to be an effective strategy for modifying food preference and acceptance (8)(9)(10)(11), and thereby leads to a higher consumption of less familiar foods in the short-term (8,9,12). The success of this type of strategy has also been observed when exposure to healthy foods was used in combination with additional strategies, including education (13,14).…”

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“…(26,33,(36)(37)(38)(39). However, interventions based mainly on exposure to the MedDiet have been ignored in the past, despite the fact that it has been found to be an effective strategy for modifying food preference and acceptance, and for increasing consumption of some particular MedDiet food groups (8)(9)(10)(11)(12). A large variability in the effectiveness of approaches aimed at increasing the adherence to the MedDiet has been observed in previous studies, and one factor that has been shown to influence the response to nutritional strategies is gender (i.e.…”

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Sex Differences in the Effects of Repeated Taste Exposure to the Mediterranean Diet: A 6-month Follow-up Study

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Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research

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A cknowledgmentsWe thank all the participants for their excellent collaboration. Methods: Thirty-eight men and 32 premenopausal women (24-53 years) were exposed to the same 4-week experimental MedDiet during which all foods were provided to participants. Participants also received some recommendations/tools to adhere to a healthy way of eating, with no other contact until the 6-month follow-up visit.Results: Compared to baseline, the Mediterranean score (MedScore) had increased at the end of the 6-month follow-up (time effect P=0.003), with no gender difference (gender-by-time interaction P=0.97). Although our intervention was not focused on body weight management, compared to baseline, BMI decreased during the intervention in both men and women (respectively P<0.0001 and P=0.03); however, only the female participants of this study managed to maintain the lower BMI, six months after the intervention (P=0.03 for women;gender-by-time interaction P=0.04).Conclusions: Exposure to the MedDiet for a short duration promotes the adherence to this food pattern in both genders and helps in the management of body weight, especially in women.

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Sex Differences in the Effects of Repeated Taste Exposure to the Mediterranean Diet: A 6-month Follow-up Study

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Corneau

Dodin

et al. 2016

Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research

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“…Children seemed to understand the logic behind these rules and tended to give in to their parents' suggestions. Considering literature concerning mere exposure to prevent food neophobia (Anzman-Frasca, Savage, Marini, Fisher, & Birch, 2012;Pliner, 1982), we suggest that these arguments might benefit children if they eat unfamiliar or disliked food, as long as they understand the rules. Another argumentative strategy was to encourage consumption because the food was healthy.…”

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The role of family communication and parents' feeding practices in children's food preferences

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This study used Family Communication Patterns Theory (FCPT) to explore how familydinner-related communication takes place and how parents' feeding practices may be associated with children's preferences for dinner meals. The sample consisted of 12 dyads with seven-and eight-year-old Norwegian children and their parents. In-depth photo interviews were used for collecting data. Interview transcripts and photographs were examined through content analysis.Results indicated that most families were conversation oriented, and communication tended to shift from consensual during weekdays to pluralistic at weekends. On weekdays, the dinner menu was often a compromise between children's preferences and parents' intentions to provide quick, healthy dinner options for the family. To a greater extent at weekends, children were allowed to choose dinner alternatives for the entire family. Restriction of unhealthy dinner alternatives was the practice most used to control children's diets and, in fact, might explain children's high preferences for unhealthy dinner alternatives. Results underline the importance of giving children control of what they eat and being responsive to children's preferences while guiding them towards healthy dinner alternatives rather than using force and restriction. From a more theoretical perspective, this study explored how FCPT could be combined with theories about parents feeding practices to understand meal preferences and choices among young children and their families, and how time and situation (context) influence families' communication patterns and feeding practices in their homes.

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“…Gardening can increase children's exposure to FV and to positive modelling of peers and adults. Repeated exposure to FV can have a positive impact on liking and intake (Anzman-Frasca, Savage, Marini, Fisher, & Birch, 2012;Cooke, 2007). Gardening can provide opportunities for FV tasting and for learning in an interactive manner how fruit and vegetables are grown and their benefits to health (Ozer, 2007).…”

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Evaluation of the impact of school gardening interventions on children's knowledge of and attitudes towards fruit and vegetables. A cluster randomised controlled trial

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Repeated exposure and associative conditioning promote preschool children’s liking of vegetables

Cited by 240 publications

References 46 publications

Sex Differences in the Effects of Repeated Taste Exposure to the Mediterranean Diet: A 6-month Follow-up Study

Sex Differences in the Effects of Repeated Taste Exposure to the Mediterranean Diet: A 6-month Follow-up Study

The role of family communication and parents' feeding practices in children's food preferences

Evaluation of the impact of school gardening interventions on children's knowledge of and attitudes towards fruit and vegetables. A cluster randomised controlled trial

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