Development and Use of an Evaluation Tool for Taste-Testing Activities by School-Aged Children

Kaiser, Lucía; Schneider, Connie; Mendoza, Concepcion S.; George, Gretchen; Neelon, Marisa; Roche, Brenda; Ginsburg, David

doi:10.1016/j.jand.2012.07.006

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“…This point is essential, highlighting that the choice of the respondent has a direct impact on the assessment and may underestimate or overestimate food neophobia. In this sense, for children who spend the day at school, it may be necessary to check the school caregiver of the child, for example [ 49 ].…”

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Instrument to Identify Food Neophobia in Brazilian Children by Their Caregivers

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This study aimed to develop a specific instrument to evaluate food neophobia focused on Brazilian children and to perform the content validation and internal semantic consistency and reproducibility evaluation of the instrument. Three steps were necessary to conduct the study: (i) development of the instrument, (ii) internal validation (content validation and semantic evaluation) of the food neophobia instrument using 22 experts in the first round and 20 of them in the second round, (iii) evaluation of the internal consistency and reproducibility of the instrument with the children’s caregivers, using the test–retest (where the same caregiver—n = 22—answered twice, with 24 h interval) and comparing responses between two caregivers (n = 44) of the same children (n = 22). We developed an instrument in Brazilian–Portuguese to evaluate children’s food neophobia based on the caregivers’ perceptions with 25 items divided into three domains (neophobia in general, neophobia for fruits and neophobia for vegetables). Our results indicated that the instrument has excellent internal consistency (>0.9) and reproducibility (>0.9) when answered by the caregiver who knows the child’s eating habits, indicating reliability to be applied in Brazil. In addition, when the two caregivers answered the instrument, we found a good reproducibility (>0.6), confirming the possibility to be answered by one of the caregivers. Further studies are necessary to complete external validation with a representative sample of the target group in Brazil, showing nationwide the profile of the population. The potential of a neophobia study would contribute to the implementation of effective strategies and guidelines to support parents and health professionals, especially those involved in health and nutrition, to identify traces of food neophobia or neophobic behavior. By accurately measuring food neophobia in children, families can prevent nutritional deficiencies throughout adolescence and adulthood, improving eating habits. Children usually have neophobias similar to the ones presented by their parents—and when early detected, these neophobias can be addressed.

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Instrument to Identify Food Neophobia in Brazilian Children by Their Caregivers

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“…Data were collected via The Taste Test Tool (TTT), and a Taste and Rate Questionnaire. The TTT, a brief seven-item survey, is a validated instrument 40 used to evaluate food tasting activities among low-income children and adolescents. Researchers used the TTT to evaluate children's (1) previous exposure to the FV featured in the recipe, (2) whether or not they tried the recipe, and (3) whether or not they would try the recipe again at home and at school.…”

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Improving Willingness to Try Fruits and Vegetables Among Low-Income Children Through Use of Characters

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Purpose: Low-income children are disproportionately affected by high rates of food insecurity and obesity, placing them at risk for poor health outcomes. Diets that are rich in fruits and vegetables (FV) are associated with health benefits such as reducing the risk of obesity. Despite these benefits, American children do not consume nationally recommended amounts of fruits (63%) and vegetables (90%) per day. Data reveal that young children exhibit increased food neophobia toward vegetables. One way to decrease food neophobia is to introduce FV to young children via recipe tasting. The purpose of the study was to increase willingness to try FV among low-income children using live characters at Summer Food Service Program Sites. Methods: The study design was a small-scale pilot study to conduct taste tests of recipes with 125 low-income children. Researchers created recipe-tasting stations at two different sites. At Site 1, characters promoting FV characters were present at the recipe-tasting station. At Site 2, researchers presented recipes without characters being present. Taste tests were conducted once per week for a period of 4 weeks using two previously validated instruments, Taste Test Tool and the Taste and Rate Questionnaire. Results: Results demonstrated that introducing FV recipes with characters showed a trend toward increasing willingness to try FV among low-income children. Data also suggested that low-income children had limited exposure to specific FV before recipe tastings. Conclusion: The use of characters is a promising approach to increase willingness to try FV among low-income children.

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“…Before the HLA Program began, we measured vegetable choice and consumption preferences in the same population of children at the intervention site in the afterschool setting (n = 71) and, separately, in the group of teen HLAs during their initial day of training before lunchtime (n = 40). The intake assay, adapted from the Teacher Taste Testing Process Guide (Kaiser et al 2012), consisted of approximately 1 ounce (28 grams) each of raw beets, carrots, daikon radish, grape tomato and snap peas -vegetables the youth grew in the garden during the program (fig. 2A).…”

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Teens-as-teachers nutrition program increases interest in science among schoolchildren and fosters self-efficacy in teens

Bolshakova¹,

Gieng²,

Sidhu³

2018

Calif Agr

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rban food deserts, built environments and technology advancements (e.g., smart phones and computers) contribute to poorer diets and less physical activity, which tend to increase risks for childhood obesity (Brody 2002). Poor diet quality disproportionately affects our poorest children and ethnic minorities (Hiza et al. 2013;Kirkpatrick et al. 2012). Further, students' academic achievement is directly linked to their nutrition status and health (Glewwe et al. 2001), which includes a healthy mind and a belief in the capability to organize and execute a successful course of healthful action, known as self-efficacy (Bandura 1997). Self-efficacy instigates the adoption, initiation and maintenance of health-promoting behaviors RESEARCH ARTICLE Teens-as-teachers nutrition program increases interest in science among schoolchildren and fosters self-efficacy in teensAn after-school nutrition program increased children's preferences for gardening, cooking and science, and teen teachers reported an increase in health self-efficacy.

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Development and Use of an Evaluation Tool for Taste-Testing Activities by School-Aged Children

Cited by 14 publications

References 30 publications

Instrument to Identify Food Neophobia in Brazilian Children by Their Caregivers

Instrument to Identify Food Neophobia in Brazilian Children by Their Caregivers

Improving Willingness to Try Fruits and Vegetables Among Low-Income Children Through Use of Characters

Teens-as-teachers nutrition program increases interest in science among schoolchildren and fosters self-efficacy in teens

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