Visual exposure and categorization performance positively influence 3- to 6-year-old children's willingness to taste unfamiliar vegetables

Rioux, Camille; Lafraire, Jérémie; Picard, Delphine

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2017.08.016

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“…Houston-Price et al (2009a) compared the effects of books containing only pictures with books containing both pictures and information about foods (similar those used in the current study) on 2-year-olds' visual preferences for exposed foods; although no significant difference was seen between conditions, results were more robust when both pictures and information were provided. More recently, Rioux, Lafraire and Picard (2018) found that exposure to pictures of vegetables on placemats increased preschool children's intake of both targeted and non-targeted vegetables. Although this finding might appear to suggest that visual familiarity was the active ingredient in their manipulation, Rioux et al also assessed children's ability to categorize foods; this measure moderated the impact of exposure on intake, highlighting the importance of children's conceptual knowledge.…”

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Peas, please! Food familiarization through picture books helps parents introduce vegetables into preschoolers’ diets

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Repeated taste exposure is an established means of increasing children's liking and intake of fruit and vegetables. However, parents find it difficult to offer children disliked foods repeatedly, often giving up after a few attempts. Studies show that familiarizing children to fruit and vegetables through picture books can increase their interest in tasting targeted foods. This study explored whether looking at picture books before providing foods to taste improved the outcomes of a home-delivered taste exposure regime. Parents of 127 toddlers (aged 21-24 months) identified two 'target' foods they wanted their child to eat (1 fruit, 1 vegetable). Families were randomly assigned to one of three groups. Parents and children in two experimental groups looked at books about either the target fruit or vegetable every day for two weeks; the control group did not receive a book. Parents in all three groups were then asked to offer their child both target foods every day during a 2-week taste-exposure phase. Parental ratings of children's liking and consumption of the foods were collected at baseline, immediately following taste-exposure (post-intervention), and 3 months later (follow-up). In all groups, liking of both foods increased following taste exposure and remained above baseline at follow-up (all ps < .001). In addition, compared to the control group who experienced only taste exposure, looking at vegetable books enhanced children's liking of their target vegetable post-intervention (p < .001) and at follow-up (p < .05), and increased consumption of the vegetable at follow-up (p < .01). Exposure to vegetable books was also associated with smaller increases in neophobia and food fussiness over the period of the study compared to controls (ps < .01), suggesting that picture books may have positive, long-term impacts on children's attitudes towards new foods.

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“…Parents filled the English CFRS for their child aged between 2 and 7 years. This age range was selected since food rejection behaviors occur at this age and seem relatively stable during this period (Addessi, Galloway, Visalberghi, & Birch, 2005; Cooke, Wardle, & Gibson, 2003;Dubois, Farmer, Girard, Peterson, & Tatone-Tokuda, 2007;Koivisto-Hursti & Sjoden, 1996;Nicklaus, Boggio, Chabanet, & Issanchou, 2005;Rioux et al, 2017;Rioux, Lafraire, & Picard, 2018; but see Cashdan, 1994, for opposite results). Parents of children not born in the UK (n = 20), or parents of children younger than 2 years (n = 3) were excluded from the study, leaving a sample of 117 English caregivers (mainly mothers).…”

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Food rejection in young children: Validation of the Child Food Rejection Scale in English and cross-cultural examination in the UK and France

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Although there are numerous studies examining food rejection (neophobia and pickiness), very few studies have directly compared these particular behaviors in children from different countries. Testing children from different countries is important for future research, as there are clear differences between European countries in early feeding practices and child fruit and vegetable consumption. In the present study we aimed to (i) validate the Child Food Rejection Scale in English and (ii) compare children's food neophobia and pickiness in the UK and France. To that aim, the Child Food Rejection Scale was first translated into English and its reliability and validity were assessed. Second, food rejection scores in a UK sample (n = 117) and in a French sample (n = 256) were directly compared to examine cross-cultural differences. Results showed that the Child Food Rejection Scale can be successfully used outside France. Moreover results revealed that UK children are less neophobic and picky than French children. These cultural differences can be useful to inform targeted interventions to change food related behaviors in these different populations.

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“…Birch et al () found that children who merely looked at real fruits demonstrated enhanced ratings of how much they liked the fruits before they were asked to taste them. Interestingly, another study found that showing 3‐6 year‐old children simple pictures of vegetables over a 2‐week period increased their willingness to try those vegetables, even when the presented vegetables were unusually coloured, and, therefore, relatively unfamiliar (Rioux et al ). Therefore, repeated visual presentations do not only serve to increase children’s familiarity with a food’s appearance, they also enhance children’s interest in these foods (Heath et al ).…”

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“…Interestingly, the majority of studies using picture books or picture‐based exposure to promote fruit or vegetable consumption among children have been conducted in English‐speaking countries, with the exception of studies by de Droog et al (, ) and Rioux et al (). In studies where participant demographics have been reported ( e.g.…”

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“…In studies where participant demographics have been reported ( e.g. Heath et al ; Owen et al ; Rioux et al ), samples involved a majority of White and middle‐class or relatively well‐educated families (one exception being Byrne & Nitzke, ). E‐books have the potential to reach a large number of families across geographical locations and socio‐economic groups.…”

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Me and my veggies: The use of interactive, personalised picture books in healthy eating interventions

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Increased fruit and vegetable consumption is important for children’s healthy eating. Although repeated taste exposures are effective in supporting children’s acceptance of healthy foods, more enjoyable interventions that increase children’s familiarity with foods through other sensory modalities can also be helpful. Picture book interventions, which draw on the principles of visual familiarity and social reinforcement, are effective in increasing pre‐schoolers’ acceptance of vegetables. With the rise of digital technologies, e‐books present a new tool for offering picture book interventions on a large scale and offer additional features that might potentially boost their effects. In this paper, we propose two specific mechanisms, interactive learning and personalisation, that could make e‐book eating interventions especially effective with young children and we outline new directions for research to elucidate their effects. We then briefly describe an ongoing study that explores the effectiveness of a vegetable e‐book intervention that incorporates the mechanisms described in this paper.

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Visual exposure and categorization performance positively influence 3- to 6-year-old children's willingness to taste unfamiliar vegetables

Abstract: 8The present research focuses on the effectiveness of visual exposure to vegetables in reducing 9 food neophobia and pickiness among young children. We tested the hypotheses that (1) 10 simple visual exposure to vegetables leads to an increase in the consumption of this food

Cited by 45 publications

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Peas, please! Food familiarization through picture books helps parents introduce vegetables into preschoolers’ diets

Peas, please! Food familiarization through picture books helps parents introduce vegetables into preschoolers’ diets

Food rejection in young children: Validation of the Child Food Rejection Scale in English and cross-cultural examination in the UK and France

Me and my veggies: The use of interactive, personalised picture books in healthy eating interventions

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