Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This study aims to synthesise the body of research investigating methods for increasing vegetable consumption in 2- to 5-year-old children, while offering advice for practitioners.
RECENT FINDINGS: Repeated exposure is a well-supported method for increasing vegetable consumption in early childhood and may be enhanced with the inclusion of non-food rewards to incentivise tasting. Peer models appear particularly effective for increasing 2-5-year-olds' vegetable consumption. There is little evidence for the effectiveness of food adaptations (e.g. flavour-nutrient learning) for increasing general vegetable intake among this age group, although they show some promise with bitter vegetables.
SUMMARY: This review suggests that practitioners may want to focus their advice to parents around strategies such as repeated exposure, as well as the potential benefits of modelling and incentivising tasting with non-food rewards. Intervention duration varies greatly, and considerations need to be made for how this impacts on success.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 157-170 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Current nutrition reports |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 29 Apr 2017 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2017 |
Bibliographical note
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- child
- repeated exposure
- fussy eaters
- peer modelling
- non-food rewards
- bitter sensitive
- intervention duration