5～9-year-old children's understanding of food and nutrition
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2009.10.023
- VernacularTitle:5～9岁儿童对常见食物及其营养的认知
- Author:
Guoping LIU
;
Liqi ZHU
;
Wen WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Spontaneous classification;
Food understanding;
Children' s cognitive development
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2009;18(10):922-924
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate children' s understanding of food,nutrition and its relation to health.Methods Participants were interviewed individually,various experimental tasks were used to explore 5-9 year old children' s spontaneous classification of familiar food and their understanding of food balance.Results Five-year-old children rely more than elders on physical cues.There was significant age difference of their criterion of classification among physical (H_((2))=12.929,P ＜ 0.01),conventional (H_((2))=5.540,P=0.063)land processing criterion(H_((2))=6.076,P＜ 0.05).There was significant SES difference of their choices(X_((1))~2=5.857,P=0.016 ; X_((1))~2=4.510,P=0.034 in two different tasks).Higher SES children tended to choose balanced food(percentage of choosing balanced food in higher SES group was 75.0% ,93.8% ;45.2% ,74.2% in lower SES group).Conclusion The criterion children used is related to their cognitive development and experience.As they become older,more and more children realize the nutritional value of foods.There were a significant age difference in nutrition-balanced food choice ,and children's social economic status influence their performance.
