Impact of Commercials on Food Preferences of Low-Income, Minority Preschoolers

Autor/inn/en	Nicklas, Theresa A.; Goh, Eugenia Tsuei; Goodell, L. Suzanne; Acuff, Daniel S.; Reiher, Robert; Buday, Richard; Ottenbacher, Allison
Titel	Impact of Commercials on Food Preferences of Low-Income, Minority Preschoolers
Quelle	In: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 43 (2011) 1, S.35-41 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1499-4046
DOI	10.1016/j.jneb.2009.11.007
Schlagwörter	Control Groups; Age; Intervention; Formative Evaluation; Disadvantaged Youth; Preschool Children; Hispanic Americans; Food; Eating Habits; Nutrition; Low Income; Advertising; Age Differences; Race; Health Promotion; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Alter; Lebensalter; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Lebensmittel; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Ernährung; Niedriglohn; Werbung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Rasse; Abstammung; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung
Abstract	Objective: To determine whether fruit and vegetable (FV) commercials have an impact on preschool children's preferences for specific FV. Design: A year of extensive formative assessment was conducted to develop 2 30-second commercials: "Judy Fruity" promoted apples and bananas and "Reggie Veggie" promoted broccoli and carrots. The commercials were embedded into a 15-minute TV program. Fruit and vegetable preferences were assessed before and after 4 exposures to each of the commercials. Setting: Four Head Start centers in Houston, Texas. Participants: One hundred eighty-three preschool children (39% African American; 61% Hispanic American). Main Outcome Measures: Assessment of whether FV preferences were significantly higher in the treatment group than the control group, controlling for baseline FV preferences, age, race, and intervention dose in the model. Analysis: A general linear model was used. Results: There was a significantly higher preference for broccoli and carrots (P = 0.02) in the intervention group compared to the control group after multiple exposures to the vegetable commercial. Conclusions and Implications: Data suggest that commercials promoting vegetables may be an effective strategy to influence young children's preferences for vegetables. This may not be the case with fruit preferences, which are already high in this age group. (Contains 2 figures and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10