Development of food acceptance patterns.

Birch, Leann L.

doi:10.1037/0012-1649.26.4.515

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“…In most countries, the proportion of students who eat fruit and vegetables every day also decreased with increasing age (Vereecken et al, 2004). The promotion of daily fruit and vegetable consumption in schoolchildren is important, since food habits established in childhood may to a certain extent track into adolescence and adulthood (Birch, 1990;Lien et al, 2001;Mikkilä et al, 2004), and food habits in children may still be more flexible for change (Birch, 1990).…”

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Personal, social and environmental predictors of daily fruit and vegetable intake in 11-year-old children in nine European countries

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Objective: To investigate potential personal, social and physical environmental predictors of daily fruit intake and daily vegetable intake in 11-year-old boys and girls in nine European countries. Subjects: The total sample size was 13 305 (90.4% participation rate). Results: Overall, 43.2% of the children reported to eat fruit every day, 46.1% reported to eat vegetables every day. Daily fruit intake and daily vegetable intake was mainly associated with knowledge of the national recommendations, positive self-efficacy, positive liking and preference, parental modeling and demand and bringing fruit to school (odds ratio between 1.40 and 2.42, Po0.02). These factors were associated fairly consistently with daily fruit intake across all nine European countries, implying that a rather uniform intervention strategy to promote fruit can be used across Europe. For vegetables, the pattern was, however, less consistent. Differences between countries in cooking and preparing vegetables might be responsible for this larger diversity. Conclusions: This study showed that especially a combination of personal and social factors is related to daily fruit and vegetable intake in schoolchildren. This shows that a comprehensive multilevel intervention strategy based upon a series of individual and social correlates will be most promising in the promotion of daily fruit and vegetable intake in children.

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Personal, social and environmental predictors of daily fruit and vegetable intake in 11-year-old children in nine European countries

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“…Less than 50% of adolescents in Europe and North America eat fruit daily, and internationally, fruit and vegetable intake among adolescents is far below recommended levels [108][109][110]. Adolescents' low intake of fruit and vegetables is of concern [111] and promotion of daily fruit and vegetable consumption to adolescents is crucial, as food habits in children may be more flexible for change [112].…”

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Pathways and mechanisms in adolescence contribute to adult health inequalities

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Scand J Public Health

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Aims: This paper presents a model that encompasses pathways and mechanisms working over adolescence that contribute to adult health inequalities. We review evidence on the four mechanisms: socially differential exposure, tracking, socially differential tracking, and socially differential vulnerability. Methods: We conducted literature searches in English-language peer-reviewed journals using PubMed (from 1966 to May 2009) and PsycINFO, and combined these with hand-searches of reference lists, journals, and authors of particular relevance. Results: Most health indicators are socially patterned in adolescence and track into adulthood, with higher risks of adverse outcomes among individuals from lower socioeconomic positions. Adolescent health behaviours track into adulthood. Smoking, physical activity, and especially fruit and vegetable intake are socially patterned, while evidence for social patterning of alcohol use is less consistent. Relational dimensions like lone parenthood and bullying are socially patterned and track over time, and there are indications of a socially differential vulnerability to the effects of these types of relational strain. Very little research has investigated the social patterning of the above indicators over time or studied social vulnerability of these indicators from adolescence to adulthood. However, all four mechanisms seem to be active in establishing social differences in adult educational attainment. Conclusions: We find the Adolescent Pathway Model useful for providing an overview of what elements and mechanisms in adolescence may be of special importance for adult health inequalities. There is a lack of knowledge of how social patterns of health, health behaviours, and social relations in adolescence transfer into adulthood and to what extent they reflect themselves in adult health.

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“…Previous studies have also shown that healthy food habits acquired in childhood to a certain extent track into adolescence and adulthood, arguing for the promotion of adequate fruit and vegetable consumption especially in schoolchildren 8,9 . Moreover, health habits in children are not as firmly rooted as in adults, which makes them still more amenable to change 10 . Before designing adequate intervention programmes, information is needed about the factors influencing fruit and vegetable intake.…”

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Reliability and validity of a questionnaire to measure personal, social and environmental correlates of fruit and vegetable intake in 10–11-year-old children in five European countries

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et al. 2005

Public Health Nutr.

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Objectives: To investigate the internal consistency of the scales and the test -retest reliability and predictive validity of behaviour theory-based constructs measuring personal, social and environmental correlates of fruit and vegetable intake in 10 -11-year-old children. Design: Test-retest with one-week interval. Setting: Five European countries: Norway, Spain, Denmark, Portugal, Belgium. Subjects: Three hundred and twenty-six children completed the questionnaire during class hours. Results: For the total sample across all countries, the test -retest reliability was good to very good (intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) . 0.60) for 12 out of the 15 fruit constructs and also for 12 out of the 15 vegetable constructs. Acceptable ICCs, ranging between 0.50 and 0.59, were found for the remaining constructs. Test-retest reliability was comparable across countries. Only in Portugal were some significantly lower ICCs found for some constructs (knowledge and barriers related to fruit, general self-efficacy related to fruit and vegetables) compared with the other countries. Cronbach's a values were moderate to high (range 0.52 to 0.89) with the exception of the general self-efficacy scale, which had a value below 0.50 for both fruit (a ¼ 0.42) and vegetables (a ¼ 0.49). Spearman correlations with intake ranged between 2 0.16 and 0.54 for personal determinants and between 0.05 and 0.38 for environmental determinants. Compared with other studies, predictive validity can be considered moderate to good. Conclusions: The questionnaire provides a reliable, valid and easy-to-administer tool for assessing personal, social and environmental factors of potential influence on fruit and vegetable intake in 10-11-year-olds.

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Development of food acceptance patterns.

Cited by 88 publications

References 30 publications

Personal, social and environmental predictors of daily fruit and vegetable intake in 11-year-old children in nine European countries

Personal, social and environmental predictors of daily fruit and vegetable intake in 11-year-old children in nine European countries

Pathways and mechanisms in adolescence contribute to adult health inequalities

Reliability and validity of a questionnaire to measure personal, social and environmental correlates of fruit and vegetable intake in 10–11-year-old children in five European countries

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