Increasing Vegetable Consumption in Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Pre-Meal Presentation: A Preliminary Analysis

Autor/inn/en	Ivy, Jonathan W.; Williams, Keith; Davison, Lauren; Bacon, Ben; Carriles, Fred E.; Hendy, Helen M.
Titel	Increasing Vegetable Consumption in Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Pre-Meal Presentation: A Preliminary Analysis
Quelle	In: Journal of Behavioral Education, 31 (2022) 3, S.561-574 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ivy, Jonathan W.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1053-0819
DOI	10.1007/s10864-020-09410-5
Schlagwörter	Elementary School Students; High School Students; Middle School Students; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Lunch Programs; Nutrition; Food; Student Behavior; Eating Habits + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Autism; Autismus; Mittagessen; Ernährung; Lebensmittel; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit
Abstract	This study examined the effect of pre-meal presentation on the consumption of vegetables in a sample of 16 students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). These 16 students (75% male; mean age = 13 years; age range 8-18 years) were enrolled in a private school serving children with autism. School staff offered participants 10 small pieces of two vegetables during lunch (baseline) or prior to lunch (pre-meal presentation). Observers recorded the number of bites students consumed. We used an A-B-A-B design to examine the effects of pre-meal presentation. Results were evaluated using a mixed-method, individual- and group-level, analysis. Pre-meal presentation resulted in increased vegetable consumption for 9 of the 16 participants. A reversal to baseline demonstrated expected decreases in bites consumed, and the subsequent return to intervention demonstrated expected increases in bites consumed. One-way repeated measures ANOVA compared bites consumed per session across 10 four-session study blocks and found significant differences between these two conditions. Paired comparisons revealed no change in bites consumed per session from baseline to intervention block #1, but significant increases from baseline to intervention #2 and all subsequent intervention blocks. Our results suggested pre-meal presentation can serve as a low-cost, low-effort intervention for increasing vegetable consumption for some children with ASD. (As Provided).
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