Infants' Consumption of a New Food Enhances Acceptance of Similar Foods

Birch, Leann L.; Gunder, Lisa; Grimm-Thomas, Karen; Laing, David G.

doi:10.1006/appe.1997.0146

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“…82,83 Research reveals that infants who were repeatedly exposed to a variety of solid foods during infancy showed greater acceptance of fruits and vegetables in childhood, 84 and experience with some fruits and vegetables during infancy resulted in acceptance of similar foods in early life. 85,86 Unfortunately many parents are unaware that repeated exposure is necessary to promote liking and do not persist in presenting new foods if they are initially rejected.…”

Section: Transition To a Modified Adult Dietmentioning

confidence: 99%

Parental influence on children's early eating environments and obesity risk: implications for prevention

2010

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Most childhood obesity prevention efforts have focused on school-age children and adolescents and have had limited success. We argue that the first years of life, including the prenatal period, the postnatal suckling period and the transition to the modified adult diet, may provide opportunities for preventive interventions. These early periods are characterized by high plasticity and rapid transitions, and parents have a high degree of control over children's environments and experiences. Observational and experimental evidence reveal persistent effects of early environments on eating behavior and obesity risk, suggesting that interventions should be tested during these early periods. The central task parents have in early development points to their potential as key targets and agents of change in early preventive interventions. In this paper, we review evidence of early environmental effects on children's eating and obesity risk, highlighting ways that parental feeding practices and parents' own behaviors impact these outcomes and calling for further experimental research to elucidate whether these factors are indeed promising targets for childhood obesity preventive interventions.

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Parental influence on children's early eating environments and obesity risk: implications for prevention

2010

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“…Empirical research has demonstrated that repeated exposure to novel foods, including vegetables, during the transition from milk-based feeding to solid foods at weaning, increases acceptance of these foods (Sullivan & Birch, 1994;Birch, Gunder, & Grimm-Thomas, 1998;Gerrish & Mennella, 2001;Maier, Chabanet, Schaal, Issanchou, & Leathwood, 2007;Maier, Chabanet, Schaal, Leathwood, & Issanchou, 2008;Mennella, Nicklaus, Jagolino, & Yourshaw, 2008). Furthermore, in the case of infants who were breast fed, mere repeated exposure to new foods at weaning increased food acceptance significantly more than in the case of infants who had been formula fed (Sullivan & Birch, 1994).…”

Section: Effects Of Repeated Exposure To Foods At Weaning and Young Cmentioning

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Development and Acquisition of Flavor and Food Preferences in Children: An Update Until 2010

Domínguez¹

2013

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The purpose of the present research is to identify the experience-related mechanisms which induce the establishment of children's flavor, food and drink acceptance and preferences. The development of children's preferences for flavors, foods and drinks is mediated by a variety of mechanisms, such as flavor transmission via amniotic fluid (AF) and neonatal feeding regimen (breastfeeding and formula milk-based feeding), mere repeated exposure, conditioned preferences for or aversions to gustatory stimuli based on subsequent postingestive consequences, parental strategies and food management of school meals. Operation of specific mechanisms is age-dependent, but they may have interacting effects. An essential feature of these mechanisms is exposure to flavors and foods, which requires prior selection of foods by adults and thereby guarantees cultural transmission of gastronomic habits. Promoting healthy patterns of food consumption by children, such as diets rich in vegetables, requires careful manipulation of these experience-related mechanisms. Flavor, food and drink preferences developed by young and older children appear to remain stable in later life stages, probably due to gustatory imprintings originated during prenatal gestation and childhood. However, the specific age ranges during which such gustatory imprinting may occur, remain, in most cases, unknown. In addition to this, there is a need for further research on specific aspects of the above-mentioned mechanisms to elucidate the development of food preferences in children. For example, the impact of breastfeeding history on later food and/or flavor preferences beyond infancy should be ascertained.

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“…There is substantial evidence to indicate that the repeated tasting of particular foods or flavours leads to increased consumption of and expressed preference for those foods or flavours Birch et al, 1987Birch et al, , 1998Sullivan & Birch, 1990;, Wardle, Herrera et al, 2003. It would seem then that an effective way to increase children's consumption of fruit and vegetables would be to ensure that they repeatedly taste these foods.…”

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Effects of a peer modelling and rewards-based intervention to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in children

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Objective: To measure children's consumption of, and liking for, fruit and vegetables and how these are altered by a peer modelling and rewards-based intervention. Design: In this initial evaluation of the programme, children's consumption of fruit and vegetables were compared within and across baseline and intervention phases. Setting: Three primary schools in England and Wales. Subjects: In total, 402 children, aged from 4 to 11 y. Intervention: Over 16 days, children watched six video adventures featuring heroic peers (the Food Dudes) who enjoy eating fruit and vegetables, and received small rewards for eating these foods themselves. Main outcome measures: Fruit and vegetable consumption was measured (i) in school at lunchtime and snacktime using a fivepoint observation scale, with inter-rated reliability and weighed validation tests; and (ii) at home using parental recall. A questionnaire measured children's liking for fruit and vegetables before and after the intervention. Results: Consumption during the intervention was significantly higher than during baseline at lunchtime and at snacktime (Po0.001 in all instances). Consumption outside school was significantly higher during the intervention on weekdays (Po0.05) but not weekend days. Following the intervention, children's liking for fruit and vegetables also showed a significant increase (Po0.001). Conclusions:The peer modelling and rewards-based intervention was shown to be effective in bringing about substantial increases in children's consumption of, and expressed liking for, fruit and vegetables.

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Infants' Consumption of a New Food Enhances Acceptance of Similar Foods

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Parental influence on children's early eating environments and obesity risk: implications for prevention

Parental influence on children's early eating environments and obesity risk: implications for prevention

Development and Acquisition of Flavor and Food Preferences in Children: An Update Until 2010

Effects of a peer modelling and rewards-based intervention to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in children

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