Children's Sensitivity to External Food Cues: How Distance to Serving Bowl Influences Children's Consumption

Autor/inn/en	Musher-Eizenman, Dara R.; Young, Kathleen M.; Laurene, Kimberly; Galliger, Courtney; Hauser, Jessica; Wagner Oehlhof, Marissa
Titel	Children's Sensitivity to External Food Cues: How Distance to Serving Bowl Influences Children's Consumption
Quelle	In: Health Education & Behavior, 37 (2010) 2, S.186-192 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1090-1981
DOI	10.1177/1090198109335656
Schlagwörter	Proximity; Cues; Intervention; Child Care; Food; Obesity; Children; Child Care Centers; Body Composition; Social Environment; Eating Habits; Preschool Children; Nutrition + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lebensnähe; Stichwort; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Lebensmittel; Adipositas; Child; Kind; Kinder; Child care facilities; Child care services; Kinderzentrum; Soziales Umfeld; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Ernährung
Abstract	Overweight is increasing in children, leading to negative health consequences. Children also lack appropriate levels of important vitamins and nutrients in their diets. Environmental cues, such as food proximity, have been shown to influence consumption rates in adults. The present study has tested whether proximity to either a nutrient-dense or caloric-dense food would influence children's snack consumption in a day care setting. Children (N = 46, age range 3.4-11) consumed more of both nutrient- and energy-dense foods when they are sitting closer to the food than if they are sitting farther away from the food, above and beyond the effects of age. The data indicate that it may be possible to increase the consumption of nutrient-dense foods or decrease the consumption of energy-dense foods, respectively, by modifying the proximity of such foods within a child's environment. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10