Madsen C H, Madsen C K, Thompson F
J Appl Behav Anal. 1974 Summer;7(2):257-62. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1974.7-257.
Rural black, economically impoverished Head Start children, whose normal diets were deficient in nutritional requirements, were not consuming the nutritional breakfasts of, to them, unfamiliar foods provided by the county school system. This study investigated a positive simple method to increase the amount of food consumed and thereby ensure proper nutrition. Teachers dispensed sugar-coated cereal and small candies paired with praise contingent on eating behaviors and rewarded children who finished the entire meal with additional treats and praise. Substantial increases were produced in the proportion of meals consumed and in the number of children observed engaged in eating behaviors. These simple traditional behavioral procedures are readily available for any staff working with economically impoverished children as one method of increasing their sampling and consumption of unfamiliar nutritious foods.
农村黑人、经济贫困的启智计划儿童，其正常饮食缺乏营养需求，他们不吃县学校系统提供的、对他们来说不熟悉的营养早餐。本研究调查了一种积极且简单的方法，以增加食物摄入量，从而确保适当的营养。教师分发裹糖谷物食品和小糖果，并根据进食行为给予表扬，还会给吃完整餐的孩子额外的奖励和表扬。用餐比例和观察到的进食行为儿童数量都有显著增加。这些简单的传统行为程序可供任何与经济贫困儿童打交道的工作人员随时使用，作为增加他们对不熟悉的营养食品的尝试和消费的一种方法。
