No choice vs free choice: how serving situations influence pre-school children's vegetable intake
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No choice vs free choice : how serving situations influence pre-school children's vegetable intake. / Olsen, Annemarie; Sick, Julia Christiane; Møller, Per; Hausner, Helene.
I: Food Quality and Preference, Bind 72, 2019, s. 172-176.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - No choice vs free choice
T2 - how serving situations influence pre-school children's vegetable intake
AU - Olsen, Annemarie
AU - Sick, Julia Christiane
AU - Møller, Per
AU - Hausner, Helene
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Background: Children's vegetable intake is below the recommendations in many European countries. Parents and caregivers often struggle to find ways to encourage children's vegetable and fruit intake. Aim: The aim of the study was to investigate whether offering a choice (in contrast to no choice) increases the intake of snack vegetables in pre-school children. Method: Children aged 2–6 years were offered three snack vegetables in different serving situations (two no choice situations and two free choice situations). Results: Choice offering did not have a positive influence on children's vegetable intake. When making stimuli-specific comparisons (per vegetable), none or even negative effects on vegetable intake were found with choice. Discussion: Choice offering does not appear very effective. Pre-school children might be too young for potential effects of choice offering to produce changes in vegetable consumption, but it may be more effective in older children or adolescents. The outcome of choice manipulations may also be affected by the number, type, and selection of target stimuli.
AB - Background: Children's vegetable intake is below the recommendations in many European countries. Parents and caregivers often struggle to find ways to encourage children's vegetable and fruit intake. Aim: The aim of the study was to investigate whether offering a choice (in contrast to no choice) increases the intake of snack vegetables in pre-school children. Method: Children aged 2–6 years were offered three snack vegetables in different serving situations (two no choice situations and two free choice situations). Results: Choice offering did not have a positive influence on children's vegetable intake. When making stimuli-specific comparisons (per vegetable), none or even negative effects on vegetable intake were found with choice. Discussion: Choice offering does not appear very effective. Pre-school children might be too young for potential effects of choice offering to produce changes in vegetable consumption, but it may be more effective in older children or adolescents. The outcome of choice manipulations may also be affected by the number, type, and selection of target stimuli.
KW - Children
KW - Choice
KW - Eating behaviour
KW - Snack
KW - Vegetables
U2 - 10.1016/j.foodqual.2018.10.011
DO - 10.1016/j.foodqual.2018.10.011
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85055741304
VL - 72
SP - 172
EP - 176
JO - Food Quality and Preference
JF - Food Quality and Preference
SN - 0950-3293
ER -
ID: 210054151