title: Testing the effectiveness of in-home behavioral economics strategies to increase vegetable intake, liking, and variety among children residing in households that receive food assistance.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To test the effectiveness of behavioral economics strategies for increasing vegetable intake, variety, and liking among children residing in homes receiving food assistance.
  
  
  METHODS
  A randomized controlled trial with data collected at baseline, once weekly for 6 weeks, and at study conclusion.
  
  
  METHODS
  Family homes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Families with a child (9-12 years) will be recruited through community organizations and randomly assigned to an intervention (n = 36) or control (n = 10) group.
  
  
  METHODS
  The intervention group will incorporate a new behavioral economics strategy during home dinner meal occasions each week for 6 weeks. Strategies are simple and low-cost.
  
  
  METHODS
  The primary dependent variable will be child's dinner meal vegetable consumption based on weekly reports by caregivers. Fixed independent variables will include the strategy and week of strategy implementation. Secondary dependent variables will include vegetable liking and variety of vegetables consumed based on data collected at baseline and study conclusion.
  
  
  METHODS
  Mean vegetable intake for each strategy across families will be compared using a mixed-model analysis of variance with a random effect for child. In additionally, overall mean changes in vegetable consumption, variety, and liking will be compared between intervention and control groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN. Electronic address: leakx011@umn.edu.
authors.forename: Tashara M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Leak
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN.
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Swenson
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN.
authors.forename: Zata
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Vickers
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN.
authors.forename: Traci
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN.
authors.forename: Elton
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mykerezi
authors.affiliation: Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
authors.forename: Joseph P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Redden
authors.affiliation: School of Statistics, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN.
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rendahl
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN.
authors.forename: Marla
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reicks
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004032:Diet / Q000191:economics*; D060909:Economics, Behavioral; D005190:Family; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D063105:Food Assistance / Q000191:economics*; D005523:Food Supply / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011203:Poverty; D014481:United States; D014675:Vegetables
keywords: behavioral economics; children; low-income; protocol; vegetable