Elena Byrne1, Susan Nitzke. 1. Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether children's books affect attitudes and behaviors pertaining to an unfamiliar vegetable. DESIGN:Nine Head Start classes were randomly assigned to a positive, negative, or control group. Data were collected through individual interviews on a pretest day and two book-reading (posttest) days. PARTICIPANTS: 118 children, ages 3 to 5. INTERVENTIONS: Children's book with prominent positive or negative messages about kohlrabi. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Children's familiarity with kohlrabi, willingness to taste it, and attitudes toward kohlrabi and vegetables in general. ANALYSIS: Chi-square and logistic regression. RESULTS: There were significantly more kohlrabi tasters in the positive-message group than in the control group during the second posttest (P <.05). Primary factors in willingness to taste kohlrabi during the second posttest were being exposed to the positive-message treatment (P =.0398) and reporting in the previous interview that they would taste kohlrabi again (P =.0026). CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: Further study is needed to verify these findings and to determine whether the results generalize to other foods and/or other children.
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether children's books affect attitudes and behaviors pertaining to an unfamiliar vegetable. DESIGN: Nine Head Start classes were randomly assigned to a positive, negative, or control group. Data were collected through individual interviews on a pretest day and two book-reading (posttest) days. PARTICIPANTS: 118 children, ages 3 to 5. INTERVENTIONS:Children's book with prominent positive or negative messages about kohlrabi. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Children's familiarity with kohlrabi, willingness to taste it, and attitudes toward kohlrabi and vegetables in general. ANALYSIS: Chi-square and logistic regression. RESULTS: There were significantly more kohlrabi tasters in the positive-message group than in the control group during the second posttest (P <.05). Primary factors in willingness to taste kohlrabi during the second posttest were being exposed to the positive-message treatment (P =.0398) and reporting in the previous interview that they would taste kohlrabi again (P =.0026). CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: Further study is needed to verify these findings and to determine whether the results generalize to other foods and/or other children.
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