Effects of a family-based sensory education on vegetable and fruit variety in children |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Université Paris Nanterre, Department of Psychology, 200 avenue de la République, 92000 Nanterre, France;2. CRÉDOC, 142 rue du Chevaleret, Paris, France;3. Nutritionist, Paris, France;4. Institut du Goût, 28 Avenue Aumont, Chantilly, France;1. Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy;2. Department of Business Administration, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany;3. Department of Marketing Languages and Tourism, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom;1. Dept of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic;2. Dept of Psychology, University of Stirling, UK;3. School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK;1. Department of Food Science, Section for Food Design and Consumer Behaviour, Future Consumer Lab, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 26, DK-1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark;2. Department of Food Science, Section for Chemometrics and Analytical Technology, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 26, DK-1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark;3. Department of Food and Meal Science, Kristianstad University, SE-291 88 Kristianstad, Sweden;1. Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris Saclay, 4 Avenue des Sciences, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France;2. CREDOC, 142 rue du chevaleret, 75013 Paris, France;1. Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, CNRS UMR5292, INSERM U1028, University Lyon, Bron, France;2. Ecole Nationale Polytechnique d''Oran - Maurice Audin, Département de Mathématiques et Informatique, Oran, Algeria;3. Hospices Civils de Lyon, France;4. Unité de Rhinologie-Olfactologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Switzerland;5. Institut Paul Bocuse Research Centre, Ecully, France;1. Centre for Children''s Health Research, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;2. School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;3. School of Psychology, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane, Australia;4. Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Several experimental studies implemented in schools have shown that sensory education reduces children’s neophobia and increases their sensory discrimination abilities. However, it is not known whether sensory education has an effect on children’s consumption, particularly on the variety of fruits and vegetables consumed, and whether it is effective when implemented in families.The effect on fruit and vegetable intake of a five months family-based sensory programme was examined in children aged 7–11 (with 32 children in the intervention group and 19 in the control group). The children's parents completed four 24-hour recalls at the beginning and after the intervention to assess their children’s fruit and vegetable intake. Variety indexes were calculated on the basis of the number of different fruits or vegetables consumed during the four 24-hour recalls.The results showed that the vegetable variety decreased in the control group, while it remained stable in the intervention group. No effects of the programme were observed for the fruit variety.The sensory education programme implemented in families prevented the variety of vegetables from decreasing over time. The results of this preliminary study and its long-term effects need to be confirmed by further investigations, with a different methodology than the 24-hour recall. |
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| Keywords: | Sensory education Family Children Food variety Vegetables Fruits |
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