FOOD BEHAVIOUR IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN FROM PABIANICE
Journal Title: New Medicine - Year 2009, Vol 12, Issue 1
Abstract
[b]Aim[/b].The aim of this study was to assess food behaviour in preschool children who attended preschools in Pabianice.[b]Material and methods[/b]. The study was carried out in 191 children aged 5 and 6 years, including 79 girls and 112 boys, who attended preschools in Pabianice. The assessment of food behaviour included: number of meals eaten at home, regularity of having these meals, frequency of eating selected foodstuffs, preparing meals at home for the children, children's taste preferences, as well as parents' opinion about the adequacy of their children's food intake at home and about their own knowledge on nutrition in children. Statistical analysis was carried out by means of the SPSS 12.0 PL for Windows computer program. The studied population was divided according to gender.[b]Results[/b]. Gender had a statistically significant impact on eating between the main meals, frequency of eating wholemeal bread, fruit, and milk and dairy products, bitter taste preferences, salty taste preferences, and taking into account parents' food preferences when preparing meals for their children.[b]Conclusions[/b]. The most common nutritional mistakes in the studied population of preschool children was eating until the feeling of satiety, eating vegetables and fruit too seldom, as well as eating meat and its equivalents, and sweets too frequently. To avoid these mistakes, parents should be educated on nutrition in preschool children.
Authors and Affiliations
Wojciech Chalcarz, Sylwia Merkiel, Zdzisława Hodyr
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