Parent food purchases as a measure of exposure and preschool-aged children's willingness to identify and taste fruit and vegetables

This study explored whether parents who purchase more fruit/vegetables have preschool-aged children who are able to identify fruit/vegetables and in turn are more likely to consume them. Sixty-two parent–child pairs were recruited during a 4-month period. The data collection included a child intervi...

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Published in:Appetite 2008-11, Vol.51 (3), p.468-473
Main Authors: Busick, Deborah Brzys, Brooks, Judith, Pernecky, Sandra, Dawson, Rebecca, Petzoldt, Joy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
child nutrition
Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena - physiology
Child, Preschool
Children
Eating
eating habits
Exposure
Feeding Behavior
Feeding. Feeding behavior
Female
food choices
Food preferences
Food Preferences - psychology
Food purchases
food purchasing
Food Supply
Fruit
Fruit and vegetable
fruits (food)
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Health Behavior
Humans
Interviews as Topic
Male
Medical sciences
Metabolic diseases
Parent-Child Relations
parental role
Parents
Parents - psychology
Phobic Disorders - epidemiology
Phobic Disorders - psychology
preschool children
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Taste - physiology
Vegetables
Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems
willingness to try
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Summary:This study explored whether parents who purchase more fruit/vegetables have preschool-aged children who are able to identify fruit/vegetables and in turn are more likely to consume them. Sixty-two parent–child pairs were recruited during a 4-month period. The data collection included a child interview, a parent/guardian interview, a fruit/vegetable taste test for children, and a month-long food-receipt collection by the parent/guardian. As the percentage of fruit/vegetables purchased by parent increased, the child was more likely to accept all of the fruit/vegetables offered to him/her. A weak correlation was found between the child's ability to name fruit/vegetables and their willingness to try the fruit/vegetables offered. A trend was established between the child's ability to name the 10 fruits/vegetables and parent fruit/vegetable purchases. Parents who purchased the most fruit/vegetables, causing increased exposure, had children who were more willing to taste the fruit/vegetables offered to them.
ISSN:0195-6663
1095-8304
DOI:10.1016/j.appet.2008.01.013