Impact of a nutritional logo on mid-afternoon snack choices in mother-child dyads

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Impact d'un logo nutritionnel sur les choix de goûters au sein de la dyade mère-enfant

National audience; Introduction et But de l'étude : L'étiquetage nutritionnel peut constituer un levier pour orienter les choix alimentaires en faveur d'aliments sains. A notre connaissance, aucune étude n'a évalué l'impact du logo Nutri-Score sur les choix de goûter au sein de la dyade mère-enfant. Notre objectif est de comparer la qualité nutritionnelle des goûters choisis avant et après étiquetage des produits avec le logo Nutri-score afin de mesurer son impact et d'évaluer le coût hédonique généré par un éventuel changement de choix. Matériel et Méthodes : 95 dyades mère-enfant (CE2, CM1, CM2) ont participé à une étude conduite en laboratoire où chaque mère et chaque enfant choisissaien…

Does an intervention based on the pleasure of eating healthy foods could favour a positive relationship between food liking and perceived healthiness in children?

International audience; It is generally admitted that consumers perceived unhealthy foods as tastier than healthy foods. However, the opposite association was found in French adults (Werle et al., 2013). Moreover, Marty et al. (2018) found that French children liked healthy foods as much as unhealthy foods. However, the link between liking and perceived healthiness in children needs to be further investigated, in particular at the individual level. Thus, our study aims, first at assessing the link between liking and perceived healthiness in children and, second at determining whether this potential link was modified after an intervention promoting pleasure of consuming healthy foods. To do …