Preschool Children's Self-Reports of Fruit and Vegetable Knowledge, Preference, and Messages Encouraging Consumption

Autor/inn/en	Hansen, Andrew R.; Alfonso, Moya L.; Hackney, Amy A.; Luque, John S.
Titel	Preschool Children's Self-Reports of Fruit and Vegetable Knowledge, Preference, and Messages Encouraging Consumption
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 85 (2015) 6, S.355-364 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/josh.12260
Schlagwörter	Food; Eating Habits; Nutrition; Risk; Correlation; Preschool Children; Knowledge Level; Preferences; Health Promotion; Attitude Measures; Interviews; Pictorial Stimuli; Social Cognition; Social Theories; Statistical Analysis; Recall (Psychology); Expectation; Prompting; Family Income + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lebensmittel; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Ernährung; Risiko; Korrelation; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Wissensbasis; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Fantasieanregung; Soziale Kognition; Gesellschaftstheorie; Statistische Analyse; Abberufung; Expectancy; Erwartung; Benutzerführung; Familieneinkommen
Abstract	Background: Fruit and vegetable consumption (FVC) is associated with a reduced risk of diabetes, obesity, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. Only one third of children aged 4-8?years consume the recommended 5 servings a day. Studies involving school-aged children (6-11?years) demonstrate that positive outcome expectancies can mediate FVC. There is a lack of similar studies involving preschool-aged (<5?years) children. The purpose of this study was to assess preschool children's knowledge and preference of fruits and vegetables, messages they recall hearing related to FVC, and how they perceive these messages. Methods: Children (N?=?192) were individually interviewed with a play-based picture card game followed by a mealtime environment reenactment open-ended interview. Fruit and vegetable messages were operationalized using Social Cognitive Theory (SCT). Descriptive statistics and associations are reported. Results: Each child recalled an average of 2.27 messages associated with FVC. Positive outcome expectancies, negative outcome expectancies, and prompts were most frequently recalled. Statistically significant differences in knowledge, preference, and messages were observed based on income. Conclusions: Children as young as age 4?years understand positive outcome expectancies. Experimental trials are warranted to determine if tailored expectancy messages mediate FVC among preschool children. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01