Examining Preschoolers' Nutrition Knowledge Using a Meal Creation and Food Group Classification Task: Age and Gender Differences

Autor/inn/en	Holub, Shayla C.; Musher-Eizenman, Dara R.
Titel	Examining Preschoolers' Nutrition Knowledge Using a Meal Creation and Food Group Classification Task: Age and Gender Differences
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 180 (2010) 6, S.787-798 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
Schlagwörter	Interviews; Knowledge Level; Nutrition; Eating Habits; Food; Classification; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Dietetics; Preschool Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Wissensbasis; Ernährung; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Lebensmittel; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ernährungslehre; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule
Abstract	Eating behaviours begin to develop during early childhood, but relatively little is known about preschoolers' nutrition knowledge. The current study examined age and gender differences in this knowledge using two tasks: food group classification and the creation of unhealthy, healthy and preferred meals. Sixty-nine three- to six-year-old children were interviewed. Findings suggest that the healthy meals children created were lower in calories and fat than their preferred and unhealthy meals. Older children and girls had a larger discrepancy in the calorie/fat content of their healthy and unhealthy meals than younger children and boys, respectively. Children's created meals showed some dietary variety, but many children could not provide valid explanations for why they selected the foods they did. Children were better at classifying fruits and vegetables than foods from the grain and dairy group. This study highlights the utility of using ecologically valid measures to understand children's developing nutrition knowledge. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10