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The Locus of Control and Likelihood of Success: Evidence from School Lunchrooms
Author(s) -
Gabrielyan Gnel,
Greene Katherine,
Just David R.,
Wansink Brian
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.31.1_supplement.641.13
Subject(s) - quality (philosophy) , control (management) , obesity , consumption (sociology) , order (exchange) , meal , childhood obesity , marketing , environmental health , business , psychology , medicine , computer science , overweight , social science , philosophy , epistemology , finance , pathology , artificial intelligence , sociology
Obesity rates are all time high in the U.S. and children are the most affected group. To fight the obesity epidemic, researchers have tried to identify various strategies to increase the consumption of healthier items. USDA plays an important role in providing nutrition to children since it provides meals to more than 30 million children each day. This makes school environment a perfect platform to target the obesity and improve dietary quality of children. In order to qualify for a reimbursable meal, schools must qualify for some requirements proposed by USDA. Part of this requirement is to make sure students take either a fruit or a vegetable. However, the question remains whether forcing entities (i.e., schools) to implement a new technology is more efficient than giving them a list of potential techniques to choose from. The purpose of this study is to identify the impact of an availability of a choice to adopters compared to those who are not given a choice. Thus we analyze the effectiveness of various scenarios: no changes made, schools choose a technology to implement, and they are given a fixed program to follow. Data is collected in upstate New York. Preliminary results show implementing strategies are usually more efficient than not changing anything. However, giving schools a choice, overall, provides better outcome in terms of fruit and vegetable selection.