Increasing food familiarity without the tears. A role for visual exposure?

Heath, P., Houston-Price, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6368-142X and Kennedy, O. B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3885-4872 (2011) Increasing food familiarity without the tears. A role for visual exposure? Appetite, 57 (3). pp. 832-838. ISSN 0195-6663 doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.05.315

Abstract/Summary

Research has established the success of taste exposure paradigms as a means of increasing children’s acceptance, and liking, of previously unfamiliar or disliked foods. Yet, parents report that they tend to avoid the stress associated with repeatedly offering their children foods that are likely to be rejected. Given that successful taste exposure programmes often enhance children’s familiarity with a food’s appearance, as well as its taste, this article reviews the potential for exposure interventions that do not require repeated tastings to bring about positive attitude changes towards healthy foods. Recent evidence from studies that expose toddlers to picture books about fruit and vegetables suggest that familiarity with the origins and appearance of unfamiliar foods might increase children’s willingness to accept these into their diets.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/21681
Identification Number/DOI	10.1016/j.appet.2011.05.315
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Interdisciplinary centres and themes > Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research (ICMR) Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Department of Psychology Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Development University of Reading Malaysia Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences > Human Nutrition Research Group Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Nutrition and Health
Uncontrolled Keywords	food preferences; fruit and vegetables; visual exposure; picture books; child
Publisher	Elsevier
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