Effects of Information about Fat Content on Food Preferences in Pre-adolescent Children

Engell, Dianne; Bordi, Peter L.; Borja, M.E.; Lambert, Carolyn U.; Rolls, Barbara J.

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“…Fat content of foods and fat-content labelling may also affect the food preferences and choices of preadolescent children (Engell et al, 1998). The nutrition education of school-aged children in different contexts clearly increases children's nutrition knowledge (Nader et al, 1996) and nutrition education that Impact of nutrition counselling on nutrition knowledge and nutrition intake M Räsänen et al involves parents is likely to also result in dietary behaviour changes (Contento et al, 1992).…”

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Impact of nutrition counselling on nutrition knowledge and nutrient intake of 7- to 9-y-old children in an atherosclerosis prevention project

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Objective: To assess the impact of nutrition counselling given to 7.5-to 9-y-old children and their parents on children's nutrition knowledge and nutrient intakes. Design and subjects: The study children are participants in a prospective, randomised STRIP study (Special Turku Coronary Risk Factor Intervention Project for Children), whose aim was to decrease the intakes of saturated fat and cholesterol while increasing the intake of unsaturated fat in the intervention children from the age of 7 months onwards. Nutrition counselling was given only to the parents until the child's age of 7 y. Nutrition knowledge and nutrient intakes (total energy, total fat, saturated fat, unsaturated fat and sodium) were studied in a time-restricted cohort of 47, 7-y-old intervention and 51 control children. Thereafter, nutrition counselling was given both to the children and parents. Children's nutrition knowledge and nutrient intakes were measured again at the age of 9 y. Results: Biannual nutrition counselling given to the intervention children and the parents maintained the differences in saturated fatty acid intake attained during the intervention given to the parents alone (11.5 vs 13.3 E% (percent of energy intake), at the age of 7 y, Po0.01; 11.1 vs 13.4 E% at the age of 9 y, respectively; Po0.01). The intervention children used more polyunsaturated fatty acids at the age of 9 y than the control children (5.7 vs 5.1 E%, P ¼ 0.05). At 7 y, the intervention and control children had similar nutrition knowledge scores (total knowledge score 12.9 vs 12.0, respectively, P ¼ 0.13). After 1.5 y of nutrition intervention, at 9 y, the intervention children's nutrition knowledge was higher than that of the controls (total nutrition score 16.5 vs 13.2, respectively, Po0.001) and the ability to explain the reasons for their picture choices in the nutrition knowledge test had increased. Conclusion: This study showed that only a relatively short period of counselling with low input is needed to increase in children's nutrition knowledge and ability to explain nutrition-related subjects if advice has first been given to the parents and if the parents have received reinforcement and concrete help with parent-child communication after their children have been involved in the counselling. The differences attained in nutrient intake could also be maintained.

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Impact of nutrition counselling on nutrition knowledge and nutrient intake of 7- to 9-y-old children in an atherosclerosis prevention project

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“…The fat content of foods and fat-content labelling may also affect the food preferences and choices of pre-adolescent children (Engell et al, 1998). When children grow up and start to choose their food independently according to their own individual criteria, interventions should probably be targeted to children themselves to increase their nutrition knowledge and to help them to take health aspects into account when they decide what foods they select.…”

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Nutrition knowledge and food intake of seven-year-old children in an atherosclerosis prevention project with onset in infancy: the impact of child-targeted nutrition counselling given to the parents

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Objective: To compare nutrition knowledge and food intake in 7-y-old intervention and control children in an atherosclerosis risk factor intervention trial after 6.5 y of nutrition counselling given to the parents. Design, subjects and methods: Intervention families in the Special Turku Coronary Risk Factor Intervention Project received child-oriented nutritional counselling one to three times a year since child's age of 7 months, aimed at reduced saturated fat and cholesterol intake. Children's nutrition knowledge was analysed in a timerestricted cohort of 70 seven-y-old (34 boys) intervention children and 70 control children (40 boys) with a picture identi®cation test. For comparison, children's food intake was evaluated using scores developed for the project that re¯ected quality and quantity of fat and quantity of salt in children's two or three 4-day food diaries recorded between 5.5 and 7 y of age. Results: Child-targeted nutrition counselling of the intervention families only slightly increased intervention children's knowledge of heart-healthy foods (42.6% vs 34.9% correct answers by the intervention and control children, P 0.057). Only 20% of the children were able to adequately justify their answers in the test. The food diaries of the intervention children comprised more foods low in saturated fat and high in unsaturated fat than those of the control children (57.1% vs 41.7% of the maximum score for low fat foods, P 0.0001; 48.9% vs 37.7% for high unsaturated fat foods, P 0.0009, respectively), but the intervention and control children consumed similar amounts of low-salt foods (P 0.23). Nutrition knowledge and food use scores correlated poorly (r 70.20 ± 0.35). Conclusions: Child-targeted nutrition counselling repeatedly given to the parents during and after child's infancy strongly in¯uenced food choice scores of the 5.5 ± 7-y-old children but failed to in¯uence children's salt intake or scores in a nutrition knowledge picture test.

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“…Os referidos pesquisadores observaram igualmente que a neofobia é mais frequente em meninas que em meninos, e que esse fenômeno pode ser resolvido por exposições repetidas. Ressalta-se que a presença dos pais ou responsáveis durante a apresentação de legumes e frutas aumenta a familiarização com os alimentos, diminuindo a neofobia alimentar 33,34 .…”

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Aquisição gustativa na infância: teoria e estudos

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RESUMOObjetivo: Abordar as principais linhas de discussões e pesquisas experimentais sobre a aquisição do gosto (doce, salgado, ácido, amargo e umami) na educação da criança e como isso é refletido no desenvolvimento mental por meio das interações precoces entre o bebê, o ambiente e a mãe. Métodos: Para alcançar tais objetivos, foi realizada uma busca nas bases de dados da Biblioteca Interuniversitária de Saúde em Paris, França, e do motor de pesquisa Science Direct. Resultados: Os recém-nascidos e as crianças têm uma palatabilidade inata pelo doce. A preferência pelo doce diminui da infância à idade adulta. A mãe aprende a reconhecer as necessidades do lactente, graças aos sinais de fome e de mímicas gustativas faciais. O reconhecimento das necessidades do bebê e o fornecimento da resposta adequada são essenciais para a prevenção de transtornos alimentares na idade adulta. A preferência alimentar da criança começa no útero, uma vez que os estudos constataram que o fato da mãe consumir frutas e legumes durante a gestação e na amamentação diminui o risco de a criança rejeitar esses tipos de alimentos posteriormente. Conclusão: A aquisição gustativa na criança é um tema rico e pouco explorado na literatura científi-ca. Por isto, espera-se que esta abordagem possa suscitar estudos experimentais na população brasileira, de modo a estabelecer perspectivas no domínio da aprendizagem gustativa e na saúde da criança. Palavras-Chave: Geusia; Neofobia Alimentar; Preferências Alimentares; Gosto. ABSTRACTObjective: To approach the discussion and experimental research on the acquisition of taste (sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami) in child's education and how it is reflected in the mental development through early interactions between the baby, the environment and the mother. Methods: To achieve these goals, a search was carried out in the Health Inter-University Library databases in Paris -France and in the ScienceDirect search engine. Results: Newborns and children have an innate palatability for sweet (including fat). The preference for sweet decreases from childhood to adulthood. The mother learns to recognize the needs of the infant, thanks to hunger signals and of facial mimicry. Recognition of the baby's needs and the provision of the appropriate response is essential for the prevention of eating disorders in adulthood. The child's food preferences begins in the womb, studies demonstrate that the mother's consumption of fruits and vegetables during pregnancy and breastfeeding decreases child's risk of rejection of these types of food later. Conclusion: Gustatory acquisition in children is a rich theme and has been little explored in the scientific literature. Therefore, it is expected that this study may increase experimental studies in Revista Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, 2017, Junho 5(2): 75-84 76 the Brazilian population, in order to establish perspectives in the area of taste learning and health of children.

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Effects of Information about Fat Content on Food Preferences in Pre-adolescent Children

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Impact of nutrition counselling on nutrition knowledge and nutrient intake of 7- to 9-y-old children in an atherosclerosis prevention project

Impact of nutrition counselling on nutrition knowledge and nutrient intake of 7- to 9-y-old children in an atherosclerosis prevention project

Nutrition knowledge and food intake of seven-year-old children in an atherosclerosis prevention project with onset in infancy: the impact of child-targeted nutrition counselling given to the parents

Aquisição gustativa na infância: teoria e estudos

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