Do Behavioral Interventions Increase the Intake of Biofortified Foods in School Lunch Meals? Evidence from a Field Experiment with Elementary School Children in Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many African countries are seeking to improve nutrition by introducing biofortified foods in school feeding programs. These programs are generally designed to create demand for biofortified foods both in and outside of school. Finding ways to encourage child acceptance of novel biofortified foods is key to the success of this strategy.

Objectives

The aim was to assess effects of 2 behavioral interventions in promoting the consumption of biofortified foods as part of school lunch meals.

Methods

The study is based on a field experiment involving 360 school-going children of in the third, fourth, and sixth grades. We tested if structured provision of information about the nutritional benefits of a biofortified food and its association with an aspirational figu

SUBMITTER: Okello JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8866104 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature