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2016, 13(4): 841-855. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2016020

Modeling eating behaviors: The role of environment and positive food association learning via a Ratatouille effect

Anarina L. Murillo 1, , Muntaser Safan 2, , Carlos Castillo-Chavez 1, , Elizabeth D. Capaldi Phillips 3, and  Devina Wadhera 3,

1. 

Simon A Levin Mathematical, Computational and Modeling Sciences Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, United States
2. 

Mathematics Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
3. 

Conditioned Feeding Lab, Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, United States

Received  December 2015 Revised  December 2015 Published  May 2016

Eating behaviors among a large population of children are studied as a dynamic process driven by nonlinear interactions in the sociocultural school environment. The impact of food association learning on diet dynamics, inspired by a pilot study conducted among Arizona children in Pre-Kindergarten to 8th grades, is used to build simple population-level learning models. Qualitatively, mathematical studies are used to highlight the possible ramifications of instruction, learning in nutrition, and health at the community level. Model results suggest that nutrition education programs at the population-level have minimal impact on improving eating behaviors, findings that agree with prior field studies. Hence, the incorporation of food association learning may be a better strategy for creating resilient communities of healthy and non-healthy eaters. A Ratatouille effect can be observed when food association learners become food preference learners, a potential sustainable behavioral change, which in turn, may impact the overall distribution of healthy eaters. In short, this work evaluates the effectiveness of population-level intervention strategies and the importance of institutionalizing nutrition programs that factor in economical, social, cultural, and environmental elements that mesh well with the norms and values in the community.
Keywords: Eating behavior, school nutrition education, deterministic model..
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 97M10, 92D25; Secondary: 92B9.
Citation: Anarina L. Murillo, Muntaser Safan, Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Elizabeth D. Capaldi Phillips, Devina Wadhera. Modeling eating behaviors: The role of environment and positive food association learning via a Ratatouille effect. Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering, 2016, 13 (4) : 841-855. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2016020
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E. D. Capaldi, Why We Eat What We Eat: The Psychology of Eating,, American Psychological Association, (1996).   Google Scholar

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E. D. Capaldi-Phillips and D. Wadhera, Associative conditioning can increase liking for and consumption of brussels sprouts in children aged 3 to 5 years,, Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 114 (2014), 1236.   Google Scholar

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L. Cooke, The importance of exposure for healthy eating in childhood: A review,, Journal of human nutrition and dietetics, 20 (2007), 294.   Google Scholar

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C. L. Perry, D. B. Bishop, G. L. Taylor, M. Davis, M. Story, C. Gray, S. C. Bishop, R. A. W. Mays, L. A. Lytle and L. Harnack, A randomized school trial of environmental strategies to encourage fruit and vegetable consumption among children,, Health education & behavior, 31 (2004), 65.   Google Scholar

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[43]

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[44]

M. Safan, H. Heesterbeek and K. Dietz, The minimum effort required to eradicate infections in models with backward bifurcation,, Journal of mathematical biology, 53 (2006), 703.  doi: 10.1007/s00285-006-0028-8.  Google Scholar

[45]

M. Story, K. M. Kaphingst, R. Robinson-O'Brien and K. Glanz, Creating healthy food and eating environments: Policy and environmental approaches,, Annu. Rev. Public Health, 29 (2008), 253.  doi: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.29.020907.090926.  Google Scholar

[46]

M. Story, D. Neumark-Sztainer and S. French, Individual and environmental influences on adolescent eating behaviors,, Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 102 (2002).  doi: 10.1016/S0002-8223(02)90421-9.  Google Scholar

[47]

S. A. Sullivan and L. L. Birch, Pass the sugar, pass the salt: Experience dictates preference,, Developmental psychology, 26 (1990), 546.  doi: 10.1037/0012-1649.26.4.546.  Google Scholar

[48]

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service, Nutrition assistance programs,, website: , (2014).   Google Scholar

[49]

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Choosemyplate.gov Website. Washington, DC,, website: , (2015).   Google Scholar

[50]

K. Van Der Horst, A. Oenema, I. Ferreira, W. Wendel-Vos, K. Giskes, F. van Lenthe and J. Brug, A systematic review of environmental correlates of obesity-related dietary behaviors in youth,, Health education research, 22 (2007), 203.   Google Scholar

[51]

D. Wadhera, E. D. C. Phillips and L. M. Wilkie, Teaching children to like and eat vegetables,, Appetite, 93 (2015), 75.  doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2015.06.016.  Google Scholar

[52]

D. Wadhera, E. D. C. Phillips, L. M. Wilkie and M. M. Boggess, Perceived recollection of frequent exposure to foods in childhood is associated with adulthood liking,, Appetite, 89 (2015), 22.  doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2015.01.011.  Google Scholar

[53]

D. Wadhera, E. D. C. Phillips and A. L. Murillo, A Pilot, School-based Intervention for Increasing Vegetable Selection and Consumption: A Novelty Effect?,, manuscript in progress., ().   Google Scholar

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