Children's liking and wanting of snack products : influence of shape and flavour Liem, Gie and Zandstra, Liesbeth H 2009, Children's liking and wanting of snack products : influence of shape and flavour, International journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, vol. 6, no. 38, pp. 1-10, doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-6-38. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Children's liking and wanting of snack products : influence of shape and flavour Author(s) Liem, Gie Zandstra, Liesbeth H Journal name International journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity Volume number 6 Issue number 38 Start page 1 End page 10 Total pages 10 Publisher BioMed Central Ltd. Place of publication London, England Publication date 2009 ISSN 1479-5868 Summary Background : Children's food choices are guided by their preferences. However, these preferences may change due to repeated exposure. Methods : This study investigated children's (n = 242, 7–12 yrs-old) liking and wanting for snacks over 3 weeks of daily consumption. The snacks differed in size (small vs large) or flavour (sweet vs sweet-sour). Two conditions were designed: 1) a monotonous group in which children continuously consumed the same snack across the 3 weeks, and 2) a free choice group in which children were allowed to freely choose amongst 3 different flavours of the snack each day during 3 weeks. Results : Shape influenced long-term liking, i.e. small shaped snacks remained stable in liking over repeated consumption, whereas large shaped snacks with the same flavour decreased in liking. Mean wanting ratings for all snack products decreased over 3 weeks daily consumption. Flavour did not significantly influence liking and wanting over time. The ability to freely choose amongst different flavours tended to decrease children's liking (p < 0.1) and wanting (p < 0.001) for these products. Changes in liking rather than initial liking was the best predictor of snack choice during the intervention. Conclusion : Wanting rather than liking was most affected by repeated daily consumption of snack foods over three weeks. In order to increase the likelihood that children will repeatedly eat a food product, smaller sized healthy snacks are preferred to larger sized snacks. Future research should focus on stabilizing wanting over repeated consumption. Language eng DOI 10.1186/1479-5868-6-38 Field of Research 111199 Nutrition and Dietetics not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2009, Liem and Zandstra Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30029314 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 18 Jun 2010, 12:42:23 EST Fri, 18 Jun 2010, 15:12:48 EST Fri, 18 Jun 2010, 15:13:44 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 16 times in TR Web of Science Cited 21 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 463 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 18 Jun 2010, 12:42:20 EST by Jane Moschetti

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