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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Given the increasing rates and severe consequences of childhood obesity, how
    to encourage children to eat lowcalorie and healthy foods is an important question.
    Building on evaluative conditioning research, this study investigated how associating
    fruits and vegetables with positive, non-food stimuli influences preschool children's
    food choice and consumption. Consistent with this idea, it was found in two experiments
    that 3- to 6-year-old children's healthy food choice and consumption increased
    by pairing a healthy food's picture systematically with a positive, non-food image.
    These findings highlight a simple yet effective means of changing young children's
    eating behavior, which may complement existing intervention procedures.
article_number: '105472'
author:
- first_name: Georg
  full_name: Halbeisen, Georg
  id: '85780'
  last_name: Halbeisen
  orcid: 0000-0002-9529-2215
- first_name: Eva
  full_name: Walther, Eva
  last_name: Walther
citation:
  ama: 'Halbeisen G, Walther E. How to promote healthy eating in preschool children:
    Evidence from an associative conditioning procedure with non-food stimuli. <i>Appetite</i>.
    2021;166. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105472">10.1016/j.appet.2021.105472</a>'
  apa: 'Halbeisen, G., &#38; Walther, E. (2021). How to promote healthy eating in
    preschool children: Evidence from an associative conditioning procedure with non-food
    stimuli. <i>Appetite</i>, <i>166</i>, Article 105472. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105472">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105472</a>'
  bjps: '<b>Halbeisen G and Walther E</b> (2021) How to Promote Healthy Eating in
    Preschool Children: Evidence from an Associative Conditioning Procedure with Non-Food
    Stimuli. <i>Appetite</i> <b>166</b>.'
  chicago: 'Halbeisen, Georg, and Eva Walther. “How to Promote Healthy Eating in Preschool
    Children: Evidence from an Associative Conditioning Procedure with Non-Food Stimuli.”
    <i>Appetite</i> 166 (2021). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105472">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105472</a>.'
  chicago-de: 'Halbeisen, Georg und Eva Walther. 2021. How to promote healthy eating
    in preschool children: Evidence from an associative conditioning procedure with
    non-food stimuli. <i>Appetite</i> 166. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105472">10.1016/j.appet.2021.105472</a>,
    .'
  din1505-2-1: '<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Halbeisen, Georg</span> ; <span
    style="font-variant:small-caps;">Walther, Eva</span>: How to promote healthy eating
    in preschool children: Evidence from an associative conditioning procedure with
    non-food stimuli. In: <i>Appetite</i> Bd. 166, Elsevier BV (2021)'
  havard: 'G. Halbeisen, E. Walther, How to promote healthy eating in preschool children:
    Evidence from an associative conditioning procedure with non-food stimuli, Appetite.
    166 (2021).'
  ieee: 'G. Halbeisen and E. Walther, “How to promote healthy eating in preschool
    children: Evidence from an associative conditioning procedure with non-food stimuli,”
    <i>Appetite</i>, vol. 166, Art. no. 105472, 2021, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105472">10.1016/j.appet.2021.105472</a>.'
  mla: 'Halbeisen, Georg, and Eva Walther. “How to Promote Healthy Eating in Preschool
    Children: Evidence from an Associative Conditioning Procedure with Non-Food Stimuli.”
    <i>Appetite</i>, vol. 166, 105472, 2021, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105472">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105472</a>.'
  short: G. Halbeisen, E. Walther, Appetite 166 (2021).
  ufg: '<b>Halbeisen, Georg/Walther, Eva</b>: How to promote healthy eating in preschool
    children: Evidence from an associative conditioning procedure with non-food stimuli,
    in: <i>Appetite</i> 166 (2021).'
  van: 'Halbeisen G, Walther E. How to promote healthy eating in preschool children:
    Evidence from an associative conditioning procedure with non-food stimuli. Appetite.
    2021;166.'
date_created: 2026-03-27T10:13:39Z
date_updated: 2026-04-09T12:03:44Z
department:
- _id: DEP1500
doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105472
extern: '1'
external_id:
  isi:
  - '000683545000014'
  pmid:
  - '34153424'
intvolume: '       166'
isi: '1'
language:
- iso: eng
pmid: '1'
publication: Appetite
publication_identifier:
  eissn:
  - 1095-8304
  issn:
  - 0195-6663
publication_status: published
publisher: Elsevier BV
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: 'How to promote healthy eating in preschool children: Evidence from an associative
  conditioning procedure with non-food stimuli'
type: scientific_journal_article
user_id: '83778'
volume: 166
year: '2021'
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