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Trial reportAppetite2016

Encouraging children to eat more fruit and vegetables: Health vs. descriptive social norm-based messages.

Maxine Sharps, Eric Robinson

Abstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Appetite, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Maxine SharpsInstitute of Psychology, Health and Society, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. Electronic address: Maxine.sharps@liv.ac.uk.
Eric RobinsonInstitute of Psychology, Health and Society, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.

Funding

Wellcome Trust 097826/Z/11/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traditional intervention approaches to promote fruit and vegetable consumption outline the health benefits of eating fruit and vegetables. More recently, social norm-based messages describing the healthy eating habits of others have been shown to increase fruit and vegetable intake in adults. Here we report two experimental studies which investigated whether exposure to descriptive social norm-based messages about the behaviour of other children and health-based messages increased fruit and vegetable intake in young children. In both studies children were exposed to messages whilst playing a board-game. After exposure to the messages, children were able to consume fruit and vegetables, as well as high calorie snack foods. Although findings were inconsistent across the two individual studies, in a pooled analysis we found evidence that both health messages and descriptive social norm-based messages increased children's fruit and vegetable intake, relative to control condition messages (p < .05). Whether descriptive social norm-based messages can be used to promote meaningful changes to children's dietary behaviour warrants further study.

Indexed as

Child Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaDiet, HealthyFood PreferencesFruitPatient ComplianceSocial NormsVegetablesChildChild BehaviorChoice BehaviorEnglandFeeding BehaviorFemaleGames, ExperimentalHealth PromotionHumansFruit and vegetable intakePerceived eating normsSocial eatingSocial norm messagesSocial norms

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PMID26820776
PMCPMC4819560

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