Watching Videos of Kids Eating Vegetables Increases Preschoolers’ Real-life Vegetable Consumption

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According to research conducted by Louisiana State University’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center and presented April 1st, 2016, at the Society of Behavioral Medicine’s Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions, when preschoolers watch videos of other children eating vegetables, they’re more likely to eat vegetables themselves.

“As we work to explore easy-to-use tools to help influence children’s attitudes toward healthy eating and to make it more fun and exciting, this study lays the foundation for interventions that we may be able to translate into home or school settings in the future,” said Amanda Staiano, PhD, lead author on the study and assistant professor of research in Pennington Biomedical’s Pediatric Obesity and Health Behavior Laboratory.

Read the Society of Behavioral Medicine press release here.

Access the full study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior here.

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