Modifying the Eating Behavior of Young Children.
The Journal of school health
- Publish Date: Dec 1985
- ISSN: 0022-4391
- Volume: 55
- Issue: 10
- Pages: 399-402
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Perry C L, Mullis R M, Maile M C, et al. Modifying the Eating Behavior of Young Children.. Dec 1985;55:399-402
Abstract
A nutrition education curriculum was developed, based on a social learning model, that emphasized the importance of a low-salt, low-fat, and increased complex carbohydrate diet for cardiovascular health. The curriculum was pilot-tested in eight third and fourth grade classrooms. Students were exposed to cartoon character role models, were reinforced for dietary changes, and practiced relevant behavioral skills. Students in eight other third and fourth grade classrooms served as controls. At posttest, students participating in the nutrition education program reported a significant reduction in consumption of foods high in fat and salt and an increase in consumption of complex carbohydrates. These assessments were confirmed by food selection measures and by 24-hour food recalls. Students in the control classrooms did not report these eating pattern changes.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Child, Child Nutrition Physiology, Curriculum, Diet, Dietary Carbohydrates, Dietary Fats, Exertion, Feeding Behavior, Female, Health Education, Humans, Imitative Behavior, Male, Sodium Chloride
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