Predictors of children's food selection: The role of children's perceptions of the health and taste of foods

被引：63

作者：

Nguyen, Simone P. ^{[1
]}

Girgis, Helana ^{[1
]}

Robinson, Julia ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ N Carolina, Dept Psychol, Wilmington, NC 28403 USA

来源：

FOOD QUALITY AND PREFERENCE | 2015年 / 40卷

关键词：

Children; Taste; Health; Food selection; PREFERENCES; IMPACT;

D O I：

10.1016/j.foodqual.2014.09.009

中图分类号：

TS2 [食品工业];

学科分类号：

0832 ;

摘要：

Food selection, decisions about which foods to eat, is a ubiquitous part of our everyday lives. The aim of this research was to investigate the role of taste versus health perceptions in 4- and 6-year-old children's food selection. In this study, children and young adults were asked to rate the health and presumed taste of foods. Participants were also asked to indicate whether they would eat these foods in a food selection task. Overall, the results showed that taste was a strong predictor of individuals' food selection above and beyond the variance associated with age, health ratings, and interactions between age and presumed taste ratings as well as age and health ratings. These results contribute to our understanding of children's food selection, and the relative importance of a food's taste versus health in the development of these decisions. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：106 / 109

页数：4

共 21 条

[11] Children's use of adult testimony to guide food selection [J].

Lumeng, Julie C. ;

Cardinal, Tiffany M. ;

Jankowski, Meghan ;

Kaciroti, Niko ;

Gelman, Susan A. .

APPETITE, 2008, 51 (02) :302-310

[12] If It's Useful and You Know It, Do You Eat? Preschoolers Refrain from Instrumental Food [J].

Maimaran, Michal ;

Fishbach, Ayelet .

JOURNAL OF CONSUMER RESEARCH, 2014, 41 (03) :642-655

[13] Children's evaluative categories and inductive inferences within the domain of food [J].

Nguyen, Simone P. .

INFANT AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 2008, 17 (03) :285-299

[14] The Role of External Sources of Information in Children's Evaluative Food Categories [J].

Nguyen, Simone P. .

INFANT AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 2012, 21 (02) :216-235

[15] A Theory-Based Approach to Teaching Young Children About Health: A Recipe for Understanding [J].

Nguyen, Simone P. ;

McCullough, Mary Beth ;

Noble, Ashley .

JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, 2011, 103 (03) :594-606

[16] Heritable variation in food preferences and their contribution to obesity [J].

Reed, DR ;

Bachmanov, AA ;

Beauchamp, GK ;

Tordoff, MG ;

Price, RA .

BEHAVIOR GENETICS, 1997, 27 (04) :373-387

[17] Sensory profiling by children aged 6-7 and 10-11 years. Part 1: a descriptor approach [J].

Rose, J ;

Laing, DG ;

Oram, N ;

Hutchinson, I .

FOOD QUALITY AND PREFERENCE, 2004, 15 (06) :585-596

[18]

Rozin P., 1996, Food choice, acceptance and consumption., P83

[19] Mindless eating - The 200 daily food decisions we overlook [J].

Wansink, Brian ;

Sobal, Jeffery .

ENVIRONMENT AND BEHAVIOR, 2007, 39 (01) :106-123

[20] An experimental investigation of the influence of health information on children's taste preferences [J].

Wardle, J ;

Huon, G .

HEALTH EDUCATION RESEARCH, 2000, 15 (01) :39-44

← 1 2 3 →