Taste-related factors and food neophobia: Are they associated with nutritional status and teenagers' food choices?

Previato, Helena Dória Ribeiro de Andrade; Behrens, Jorge Herman

doi:10.1016/j.nut.2017.05.006

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“…In addition, participants from rural areas showed higher level of suspicion of novel foods compared to those from urban areas [31]. Moreover, some authors even hypothesize that food neophobia may not even exist for city dwellers, but there is no such evidence in the literature [32].…”

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Consumers’ Attitudes Facing Entomophagy: Polish Case Perspectives

Orkusz

Wolańska

Harasym

et al. 2020

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Based on high nutritional value and low production costs, edible insects are an excellent and sustainable source of animal proteins. However, completely replacing meat with edible insects requires a change in consumer mentality not only in Poland, but also in other European countries. In western countries, most people reject eating insects, mainly for cultural reasons. Concerning this, the objective of the study was to examine the knowledge, behavior, and attitudes of the Polish community about edible insects and to understand the main factors driving edible insect consumption. The study was held at the Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Poland and consisted of two parts: The survey (among 464 students) and the tasting session (among 402 participants). The main findings suggest that there is low willingness to adopt edible insects as a meat substitute among Polish students due to the psychological barriers, such as neophobia and disgust. However, the willingness to eat processed insect food (bread, biscuit) is far higher than for unprocessed whole insects. Environmental benefits are the factors that least affected students’ willingness to try edible insects. Additionally, the tasting session of the bread with powdered insects was attended by the vast majority of participants, which indicates that a positive sensory experience can improve the acceptability of insects as food.

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Consumers’ Attitudes Facing Entomophagy: Polish Case Perspectives

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Wolańska

Harasym

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“…The other factor that may be associated with food neophobia is sport practicing, as it has been stated that the lack of physical activity is related to cravings for sweets, using food as a reward and for pleasure, that may lead to meal skipping and higher intake of sweets instead of other products [ 15 ]. It may result from the fact, that highly rewarding activities (such as sport practicing) are mediated in human brain by the same opioid system, as sweetness palatability [ 16 ].…”

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“…Among others, there is the residence area, as it is observed that in the case of urban area residents, the food neophobia level is lower, than in the case of rural area ones [ 20 ]. Moreover, some authors even hypothesize, that food neophobia may even not exist in the case of urban area residents, however, there is no such evidence in the literature [ 15 ].…”

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Influence of Food Neophobia Level on Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Its Association with Urban Area of Residence and Physical Activity in a Nationwide Case-Control Study of Polish Adolescents

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Głąbska

Mellová³

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Among the factors that may influence fruit and vegetable intake, there is a food neophobia level, but the other elements, including physical activity and place of residence, must also be taken into account as interfering ones. The aim of the study was to analyze the association between food neophobia level and the intake of fruits and vegetables in a nationwide case-control study of Polish adolescents (12–13 years), including the influence of gender, the physical activity program participation and the place of residence. The #goathletics Study was conducted among a group of 1014 adolescents, 507 individuals representative for a nationwide physical activity program “Athletics for All” participants (characterized by an active lifestyle) and 507 pair-matched individuals (characterized by sedentary behavior), while 502 were representative for urban and 512 for suburban area. The assessment of food neophobia level was based on the Food Neophobia Scale questionnaire and the assessment of fruit and vegetable intake was based on the validated food frequency questionnaire. It was observed that higher food neophobia level is associated with a lower fruit and vegetable intake, that was stated both for girls and boys, as well as both for individuals characterized by an active lifestyle and those characterized by sedentary behavior, both from urban and suburban area. Food neophobic individuals characterized by an active lifestyle and those from urban areas were characterized by a higher fruit intake than individuals characterized by sedentary behavior and those from suburban areas, from the same food neophobia category. It was found that food neophobia may reduce fruit and vegetable intake, but the physical activity education with peers may reduce the observed influence and should be applied especially in the case of neophobic individuals from suburban areas.

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“…Previato and Behrens [ 50 ] translated to Brazilian–Portuguese the original version of FNS, evaluating adults in Brazil ( n = 40). The authors also performed reproducibility by the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), ranging from 0.266 and 0.815 ( p < 0.05).…”

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“…The internal reliability of the original scale for adults evaluated by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient reached 0.916, which demonstrates high reliability, similar to our results (0.958; p < 0.001). This version of the scale served as a basis for the same authors in 2017 to investigate the association of taste-related factors and food neophobia with nutritional status and food choices among Brazilian teenagers [ 50 ].…”

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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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Taste-related factors and food neophobia: Are they associated with nutritional status and teenagers' food choices?

Cited by 11 publications

References 40 publications

Consumers’ Attitudes Facing Entomophagy: Polish Case Perspectives

Consumers’ Attitudes Facing Entomophagy: Polish Case Perspectives

Influence of Food Neophobia Level on Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Its Association with Urban Area of Residence and Physical Activity in a Nationwide Case-Control Study of Polish Adolescents

Instrument to Identify Food Neophobia in Brazilian Children by Their Caregivers

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