دورية أكاديمية
Consumer Perceptions of Child-Friendly Shaped Healthy Fruit and Vegetable Snacks
العنوان: | Consumer Perceptions of Child-Friendly Shaped Healthy Fruit and Vegetable Snacks |
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المؤلفون: | Baker, Selena Lauren |
المصدر: | Open Access Theses |
بيانات النشر: | Purdue University |
سنة النشر: | 2014 |
المجموعة: | Purdue University: e-Pubs |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | Social sciences, Psychology, Health and environmental sciences, Children, Consumer behavior, Food shape, Fruit, Nutrition, Vegetable, Health Policy, Marketing |
الوصف: | Fruits and vegetables (FV) are widely recognized as healthful foods by the public, and most individuals are aware of dietary guidance recommendations to consume more FV. However, actual consumption of FV has been and continues to be low in the United States and many other countries, despite public health efforts to change this trend. The sub-optimal intake of FV among children and adolescents is of particular concern due to high nutrient requirements for proper growth and development during these life stages. Fruit and vegetable intake patterns in childhood have been shown to track into later life and may affect individuals' risk for the development of overweight and obesity, as well as risk for chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and some cancers. Children's food intake behaviors are guided by their likes and preferences, which are influenced by many factors such as the taste, appearance, and familiarity of foods. The food industry has capitalized on the direct and indirect purchasing power of children (e.g. children's purchase of items using their own money versus the influence they exert on their caregivers' purchasing decisions) by targeting a large number of foods to children via child-friendly (CF) packaging and "fun" attributes of the foods themselves, such as attractive shapes and colors. The vast majority of these foods are less healthy options such as sweet and salty snack foods and entrees that are high in fat and sodium. To date, a very limited number of healthy fruit and vegetable options targeted specifically to children have been available in the marketplace. Providing ready-to-eat fruit and vegetable snacks in CF shapes may positively influence children's liking of these foods, which could in turn lead to increased consumption. Also, ready-to-eat CF-shaped fruit and vegetable snacks are a convenient, readily accessible food form that would require no kitchen skills or preparation on the part of the child, all of which are factors that are positively associated with fruit ... |
نوع الوثيقة: | text |
وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
اللغة: | unknown |
العلاقة: | https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_theses/151Test; https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/context/open_access_theses/article/1166/viewcontent/Baker.pdfTest |
الإتاحة: | https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_theses/151Test https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/context/open_access_theses/article/1166/viewcontent/Baker.pdfTest |
رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.E5C6190B |
قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
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