An Investigation of Children's Understanding of Food and Nutrition

Autor/inn/en	Xu, Tingting; Jones, Ithel
Titel	An Investigation of Children's Understanding of Food and Nutrition
Quelle	In: Early Childhood Education Journal, 44 (2016) 4, S.289-297 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1082-3301
DOI	10.1007/s10643-015-0716-3
Schlagwörter	Age Differences; Socioeconomic Influences; Parents; Knowledge Level; Food; Preschool Children; Kindergarten; Grade 2; Preschool Education; Parent Surveys; Interviews; Concept Formation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Eltern; Wissensbasis; Lebensmittel; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; School year 02; 2. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 02; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung
Abstract	The purpose of the study was to examine the influences of age, family socio-economic status (SES), and parents' food knowledge on preschool, kindergarten, and second grade students' conceptual understanding of food and nutrition. Fifty-two parent-child dyads, consisting of 17 preschoolers, 17 kindergartners, and 18 second graders participated in the study. Parents completed a self-administered survey at home and the children were interviewed at school sites. We found the significant age effects on children's conceptual understanding of food. Specifically, significant differences were found in total food knowledge between preschool and second-grade students, the food-body and food-fat knowledge scores between preschool and second grade students, and between kindergarten and second grade students. SES family background had no significant impact on children's conceptual understanding of food. No clear correlation was found for food knowledge between children and their parents. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01