title: Examining the feasibility of implementing behavioural economics strategies that encourage home dinner vegetable intake among low-income children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the feasibility of implementing nine behavioural economics-informed strategies, or 'nudges', that aimed to encourage home dinner vegetable intake among low-income children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Caregivers were assigned six of nine strategies and implemented one new strategy per week (i.e. 6 weeks) during three dinner meals. Caregivers recorded child dinner vegetable intake on the nights of strategy implementation and rated the level of difficulty for assigned strategies. Baseline data on home vegetable availability and child vegetable liking were collected to assess overall strategy feasibility.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants' homes in a large Midwestern metropolitan area, USA.
  
  
  METHODS
  Low-income caregiver/child (aged 9-12 years) dyads (n 39).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pairwise comparisons showed that child dinner vegetable intake for the strategy 'Serve at least two vegetables with dinner meals' was greater than intake for each of two other strategies: 'Pair vegetables with other foods the child likes' and 'Eat dinner together with an adult(s) modelling vegetable consumption'. Overall, caregivers' mean rating of difficulty for implementing strategies was 2·6 (1='not difficult', 10='very difficult'). Households had a mean of ten different types of vegetables available. Children reported a rating ≥5 for seventeen types of vegetable on a labelled hedonic scale (1='hate it', 5-6='it's okay', 10='like it a lot').
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Behavioural economics-informed strategies are feasible to implement during dinner meals, with some strategies differing by how much they influence vegetable intake among low-income children in the home.
authors.affiliation: 1School of Public Health,University of California,50 University Hall,#7360,Berkeley,CA 94720,USA.
authors.forename: Tashara M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Leak
authors.affiliation: 2Department of Food Science and Nutrition,University of Minnesota,Saint Paul,MN,USA.
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Swenson
authors.affiliation: 3School of Statistics,University of Minnesota,Saint Paul,MN,USA.
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rendahl
authors.affiliation: 2Department of Food Science and Nutrition,University of Minnesota,Saint Paul,MN,USA.
authors.forename: Zata
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Vickers
authors.affiliation: 4Department of Applied Economics,University of Minnesota,Saint Paul,MN,USA.
authors.forename: Elton
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mykerezi
authors.affiliation: 5Carlson School of Management,University of Minnesota,Minneapolis,MN,USA.
authors.forename: Joseph P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Redden
authors.affiliation: 6Department of Psychology,University of Minnesota,Minneapolis,MN,USA.
authors.forename: Traci
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.affiliation: 2Department of Food Science and Nutrition,University of Minnesota,Saint Paul,MN,USA.
authors.forename: Marla
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6726-9408
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reicks
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002755:Choice Behavior; D004032:Diet / Q000191:economics*; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D062407:Meals; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014675:Vegetables / Q000191:economics*
keywords: Behavioural economics; Children; Home setting; Low-income; Vegetables