Trial reportThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2015
Perceived eating norms and vegetable consumption in children.
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- The influence of experimental confederate peers on children's food intake: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Appetite · 2022Pooled it
- Encouraging children to eat more fruit and vegetables: Health vs. descriptive social norm-based messages.Appetite · 2016Trial
- Protocol for the Southeast Asian Healthy Habits, Healthy Kids (SEAHK) study, a culturally tailored family-based pilot randomized controlled trial to improve dietary quality.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2026Article
- Dietary Social Norms in School and Home Settings and Their Influence on Children's Healthy Eating: Short-Term Longitudinal Analysis.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2026Article
- Use of Focus Groups to Inform a New Community-Based Youth Diabetes Prevention Program.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Mothers' Perceptions and Attitudes towards Children's Vegetable Consumption-A Qualitative, Cross-cultural Study of Chilean, Chinese and American Mothers Living in Northern California.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Preadolescents' healthy eating behavior: peeping through the social norms approach.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Exploring the directionality in the relationship between descriptive and injunctive parental and peer norms and snacking behavior in a three-year-cross-lagged study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Article
- The Effect of Social Norm-based Intervention with Observable Behaviour on Physical Activity among Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2020Article
- Perceived eating norms and children's eating behaviour: An informational social influence account.Appetite · 2017Article
- The Longitudinal Associations between Perceived Descriptive Peer Norms and Eating and Drinking Behavior: An Initial Examination in Young Adults.Frontiers in psychology · 2017Article
- The effectiveness of a social media intervention for reducing portion sizes in young adults and adolescents.Digital healthArticle
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Abstract
backgroundBeliefs about the eating behaviour of others (perceived eating norms) have been shown to influence eating behaviour in adults, but no research has examined whether young children are motivated by perceived eating norms.
findingsHere we investigated the effect on vegetable intake of exposing children to information about the vegetable intake of other children. One hundred and forty three children aged 6-11 years old took part in a between-subjects experiment. Children were exposed to information suggesting that other children had eaten a large amount of carrots, no carrots, or control information. Children ate more carrots when they believed that other children had eaten a large amount of carrots, compared to all other conditions.
conclusionsPerceived eating norms can influence vegetable intake in young children and making use of eating norms to promote healthier eating in children warrants investigation.
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