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Conditions
Interventions
People are found to follow the food intake of a peer and eat more when others do. In this study it is investigated whether children can be made aware of these social modeling effects during a 10-minut
Sponsors
This study was supported by a grant of the Behavioural Science Institute, of the Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen
P.O. Box 9104, 6500 HE, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Phone: +31-24-3612803; Fax: +31-24-3612776
E-mail: K.Bevelander@bsi.ru.nl
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Participation of primary schools and teachers; 2. Active consent of parents from boys and girls in grade 2 and 3 ('groep 4 en 5'; age 7-10) in the Netherlands.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Children with medical conditions such as diabetes, lactose intolerance, food allergies (e.g., nuts, milk and cacao) are excluded because they cannot eat the test food (chocolate-coated rice crisps); 2. Dyads are excluded after participation in the study: A. When the peer did not follow instructions; B. When the participant became aware of the real aim of the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To measure social influence on food intake in the intervention group compared to the control group: 1. Snack food intake (kcal); 2. Micro-imitation: Video coding of food picking movements of the instructed peer and the participant. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To test other factors that affect food intake: 1. Control measures: Hunger rating, liking test food, liking instructed peer; 2. BMI, sex, age; 3. Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (eating style); 4. Evaluation of intervention (did they understand the intervention, can they provide examples of social modeling). | — |
Contacts
Public ContactK. Bevelander
Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen P.O. Box 9104
Outcome results
None listed