Offering choice and its effect on Dutch children’s liking and consumption of vegetables: a randomized controlled trial | Zendy

Gertrude G. Zeinstra | Zendy; Reint Jan Renes | Zendy; Maria Koelen | Zendy; Frans J. Kok | Zendy; Cees de Graaf | Zendy

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Offering choice and its effect on Dutch children’s liking and consumption of vegetables: a randomized controlled trial

Author(s) -

Gertrude G. Zeinstra,

Reint Jan Renes,

Maria Koelen,

Frans J. Kok,

Cees de Graaf

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

american journal of clinical nutrition

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1938-3207

pISSN - 0002-9165

DOI - 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28529

Subject(s) - consumption (sociology) , randomized controlled trial , environmental health , medicine , psychology , food science , biology , sociology , social science , surgery

Children's vegetable consumption is below recommended amounts. According to self-determination theory, stimulating children's feelings of autonomy by offering a choice of vegetables may be a valuable strategy to increase their vegetable liking and consumption. The effect of choice-offering on children's vegetable liking and consumption has, to our knowledge, not yet been studied.

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