Approximately one half of adults and one-fifth of children have obesity, including 14% of 2-5-year-olds. Early obesity prevention is essential as children who are overweight by age 5 are at increased risk for later obesity. Dietary intake is inextricably linked to weight status, and the majority of young children fail to meet intake recommendations, with socioeconomically disadvantaged and racial/ethnic minority children at increased risk of poor diet quality. However, children's liking of healthier foods predicts their intake, and children can learn to like healthier foods via experience. The current study brings together evidence from the parenting and learning literatures to: 1) examine effects of a novel learning strategy leveraging positive parent-child interactions on 3-5-year-old children's vegetable acceptance and dietary intake, as well as to explore 2) individual differences in learning strategy effects.
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Child's target vegetable preference
Timeframe: Week 5 (post-test)
Child's target vegetable liking
Timeframe: Week 5 (post-test)
Child's willingness to taste target vegetable
Timeframe: Week 5 (post-test)
Child target vegetable ad libitum consumption
Timeframe: Week 5 (post-test)