Young Children Talking about Food and Health.

Q1 Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Tingting Xu
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Abstract

Background: Limited patents have explored young children's understanding of the connection between food and health. This qualitative study aimed to narrow this gap by investigating young children's health conceptions.

Methods: Seventy-two children, 5 to 7 years of age, participated in this study. Two instruments, the demographic survey and child interview survey, were used to collect data. Data were analyzed following the processes of conducting initial coding, specifying categories, and combining categories to develop themes.

Results: Children in this age group had certain knowledge about five food categories: Diary, meat, grain, fruit, and vegetables. They believed that food from these five categories were good for them and would make them strong; they also believed that sweets and salty foods were unhealthy, yet many of them preferred sweets and listed them as top snack choices. These children demonstrated awareness of complex nutritional terms such as vitamins, fiber, and protein yet misconceptions became evident when were asked to identify overall health effects of mixed dishes for which various components were not easily recognizable.

Conclusion: This study provides new insights into children's understanding about food, nutrition, and health that can impact future education endeavors. Findings from this study can be helpful to inform educators about the development of nutritional education curricula specifically targeting nutritional values regarding foods being processed in different ways.

幼儿谈论食物和健康。
背景:有限的专利探索了幼儿对食物与健康之间关系的理解。本质性研究旨在通过调查幼儿的健康观念来缩小这一差距。方法:72名5 ~ 7岁儿童参与本研究。使用人口调查和儿童访谈调查两种工具收集数据。数据分析遵循初始编码、指定类别、组合类别形成主题的过程。结果:该年龄组儿童对乳制品、肉类、谷物、水果、蔬菜五类食物有一定的认识。他们相信这五种食物对他们有好处,能使他们强壮;他们还认为甜食和含盐食品不健康,但他们中的许多人更喜欢甜食,并将其列为首选零食。这些孩子表现出对维生素、纤维和蛋白质等复杂营养术语的认识,但当被要求确定各种成分不容易识别的混合菜肴的整体健康影响时,误解变得明显。结论:这项研究为儿童对食物、营养和健康的理解提供了新的见解,可以影响未来的教育努力。这项研究的发现可以帮助教育工作者了解营养教育课程的发展,特别是针对以不同方式加工的食品的营养价值。
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Recent patents on food, nutrition & agriculture
Recent patents on food, nutrition & agriculture Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agronomy and Crop Science
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