Using photographs to record consumption
In addition to the data collection described above, a further goal was to test the feasibility and acceptability of an alternative data collection method. Intervention group nursery staff were asked to also take photographs of the vegetables leftover on children’s plates to understand whether this approach to data collection was feasible, acceptable and preferable for nursery staff to use to report vegetable intake. Nursery staff were asked to place a label with the date, child’s name and nursery room next to the vegetables and to take a photograph of the child’s leftover vegetables (via the nursery’s electronic tablet) on the second week of the intervention phase. Nursery staff then shared the photos with the researcher at the end of that week.