A recent study published in the journal Appetite revealed that targeted storytelling can improve children's eating habits. Conducted by researchers from Humboldt University of Berlin, the study involved 80 kindergarteners aged 4-6 who were divided into two groups. One group heard a fairy tale promoting fruits and vegetables, while the other heard a non-food story. The results showed that 80% of the children who listened to the food-related story made healthier food choices over several weeks, highlighting the potential of storytelling to influence eating behaviors in early childhood.
These results point to the powerful effects of fairytale-like narrations to alter food preferences in early childhood at a time when unhealthy eating is becoming a pandemic.
The study broke 80 4-6 year olds into two groups, one listening to a food-related fairy tale and the other to a non-food story.
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