Small prizes increased healthful school lunch selection in a Midwestern school district
Autor: | Debora Robison, Mary Kate Lockhart, Roger Kipp, Robert M. Siegel, Allison Barnes, Samantha C. Ellsworth, Elizabeth Hiller, Michelle Hudgens |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Gerontology Physiology Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Health Behavior education Cafeteria School district Healthful food Choice Behavior Whole grains Food Preferences 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Reward 030225 pediatrics Physiology (medical) Vegetables medicine Animals Humans Food service 030212 general & internal medicine Child Students Selection (genetic algorithm) Whole Grains Schools Nutrition and Dietetics Academic year biology business.industry Food Services General Medicine biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Obesity United States Lunch Milk Socioeconomic Factors Fruit Female Diet Healthy business Demography |
Zdroj: | Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism. 41:370-374 |
ISSN: | 1715-5320 1715-5312 |
Popis: | As obesity has become a pressing health issue for American children, greater attention has been focused on how schools can be used to improve how students eat. Previously, we piloted the use of small prizes in an elementary school cafeteria to improve healthful food selection. We hoped to increase healthful food selection in all the elementary schools of a small school district participating in the United States Department of Agriculture Lunch Program by offering prizes to children who selected a Power Plate (PP), which consisted of an entrée with whole grains, a fruit, a vegetable, and plain low-fat milk. In this study, the PP program was introduced to 3 schools sequentially over an academic year. During the kickoff week, green, smiley-faced emoticons were placed by preferred foods, and children were given a prize daily if they chose a PP on that day. After the first week, students were given a sticker or temporary tattoo 2 days a week if they selected a PP. Combining data from the 3 schools in the program, students increased PP selection from 4.5% at baseline to 49.4% (p < 0.0001) during an intervention period of 2.5 school weeks. The school with the longest intervention period, 6 months, showed a PP selection increase of from 3.9% to 26.4% (p < 0.0001). In conclusion, giving small prizes as rewards dramatically improves short-term healthful food selection in elementary school children. |
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