Me & my veggies: the use of interactive, personalised picture books in healthy eating interventions

Dulay, K. M., Masento, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2881-1887, Harvey, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6819-0934, Messer, D. J. and Houston-Price, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6368-142X (2020) Me & my veggies: the use of interactive, personalised picture books in healthy eating interventions. Nutrition Bulletin, 45 (1). pp. 51-58. ISSN 1471-9827 doi: 10.1111/nbu.12415

Abstract/Summary

Increased fruit and vegetable consumption is important for children’s healthy eating. Although repeated taste exposures are effective in supporting children’s acceptance of healthy foods, more enjoyable interventions that increase children’s familiarity with foods through other sensory modalities can also be helpful. Picture book interventions, which draw on the principles of visual familiarity and social reinforcement, are effective in increasing preschoolers’ acceptance of vegetables. With the rise of digital technologies, e-books present a new tool for offering picture book interventions on a large scale, and offer additional features that might potentially boost their effects. In this paper, we propose two specific mechanisms, interactive learning and personalisation, that could make e-book eating interventions especially effective with young children and we outline new directions for research to elucidate their effects. We then briefly describe an ongoing study that explores the effectiveness of a vegetable e-book intervention that incorporates the mechanisms described in this paper.

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Divisions	Interdisciplinary Research Centres (IDRCs) > Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health (IFNH) Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Department of Psychology Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Development Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Nutrition and Health
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
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