Incentivizing Children's Fruit and Vegetable Consumption: Results of a United States Pilot Study of the Food Dudes Program
Menée aux Etats-Unis auprès de 253 élèves en école élémentaire, cette étude évalue l'effet, sur leur consommation de fruits et légumes, d'un programme pédagogique reposant sur de courtes vidéos montrant des enfants récompensés pour leur comportement alimentaire lors du déjeûner
Preliminary evaluation in the United States (US) of a school-based fruit and vegetable (F/V) intervention, known as the Food Dudes (FD) program, developed in the United Kingdom. Over 16 days (Phase 1), elementary-school children (n = 253) watched short videos featuring heroic peers (the FD) eating F/V and received a reward for eating F/V served at lunchtime. In the 3 months that followed (Phase 2), children received increasingly intermittent rewards for eating F/V. Consumption was measured by photo analysis and assessment of skin carotenoids. Fruit and vegetable intake increased significantly after Phases 1 and 2 (P < .001 for both). This effect was most discriminable among children who consumed no fruit (n = 100) or no vegetables (n = 119) at pre-intervention baseline. Among these children, F/V intake (combined) increased by 0.49 (0.53) cups per day. The FD program can increase F/V intake in US elementary schools.
http://www.jneb.org/article/S1499-4046%2812%2900488-5/abstract