کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5044058 1475363 2017 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Incentivizing healthy eating in children: An investigation of the “ripple” and “temporal” effects of a reward-based intervention
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک دانش تغذیه
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Incentivizing healthy eating in children: An investigation of the “ripple” and “temporal” effects of a reward-based intervention
چکیده انگلیسی

Although previous studies have established the effectiveness of using small reward-based incentives in inducing the choice and consumption of healthier foods among children, little is known about their impact outside of experimental settings or their effectiveness over time when administered daily. This paper presents the results of a field experiment conducted to provide insight on these matters. The study employs a removed treatment within-subject design and was conducted at a summer program catering to low-income children between the ages of 5 and 12. The month long experiment-wherein participants were offered a small prize for choosing a fruit cup for dessert after lunch in lieu of cookies-involved 23 children between the ages of 5 and 8. Corroborating existing studies, the introduction of small reward-based incentives in this context was found to induce large increases in the number of children choosing the healthy dessert options after lunch, but disaggregating the results by week and day suggests that their impact diminished over time. Attempts to ascertain their effect outside of experimental settings did not indicate that the introduction of rewards had any adverse effects, but also did not provide definitive conclusions.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Appetite - Volume 117, 1 October 2017, Pages 58-66
نویسندگان
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