Is it possible to improve healthy food habits in schoolchildren? A cross cultural study among Spain and Poland

García-Muñoz, S.; Barlińska, Julia; Wojtkowska, Katarzyna; Quinta, N. da; Baranda, A.; Alfaro, Begoña; Cruz, Elena Santa

doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2022.104534

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“…The objectives of the taste, sensory, and culinary education programs were to awaken curiosity and interest in foods, increase familiarity with and exposure to foods, and create positive attitudes towards and experiences with foods. There were also significant decreases in the FNS scores of the children participating in these programs (12,64,136,140,142,143) . A study (144) comparing cooking-related activities and nutrition education activities found that although both interventions reduced food neophobia, cooking-related activities were more effective.…”

Section: Interventions Aiming To Reduce Food Neophobiamentioning

confidence: 96%

“…These studies are reviewed here in terms of intervention-related characteristics, such as the type, frequency, and duration of the intervention, and participant characteristics, such as age and baseline food neophobia. Only 11 studies evaluated the effectiveness of the intervention using a control group (12,64,(133)(134)(135)(136)(137)(138)(139)(140)(141) . Most of the interventions consisted of educational programs such as taste (134,142) , sensory (12,64,135,136) , culinary (143) , or nutrition (140,144) education/lessons.…”

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confidence: 99%

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A narrative review on food neophobia throughout the lifespan: relationships with dietary behaviours and interventions to reduce it

Karaağaç

Koyu

2022

Br J Nutr

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Food neophobia is defined as the unwillingness to taste new foods and the avoidance of unfamiliar foods. This eating behaviour is a complex issue, and both genetic and environmental factors play a role in it. The aim of this review is to understand its relationships with dietary behaviours throughout the life span and to examine the impact of interventions on food neophobia. A literature search was performed using the PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and ScienceDirect databases. As a result of the screening, a total of 139 studies, 17 of which were intervention studies, were included in this review. According to current evidence, food neophobia is negatively associated with the acceptance of not only novel/unfamiliar foods but also familiar foods. Many studies have shown that food neophobia is negatively associated with the hedonics and consumption of core foods, especially vegetables and fruits. Individuals with higher levels of food neophobia are less familiar with many foods, but familiarity is a prominent motivator in food choices for these individuals. Therefore, it may be considered a barrier limiting diet quality and this trend is similar for both children and adults. However, food neophobia is not an unchangeable personality trait. Intervention studies have pointed out that educational programs and food-related activities that increase familiarity and exposure to foods and create positive attitudes toward and positive experiences with foods can reduce food neophobia. The results highlight that people with high food neophobia need more support to improve their diets and the quality of dietary behaviour.

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Section: Interventions Aiming To Reduce Food Neophobiamentioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Interventions Aiming To Reduce Food Neophobiamentioning

confidence: 99%

A narrative review on food neophobia throughout the lifespan: relationships with dietary behaviours and interventions to reduce it

Karaağaç

Koyu

2022

Br J Nutr

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“…Nutrition of school-aged children should take into account the appropriate share of cereal products, especially wholemeal products, a valuable source of dietary fibre. A number of studies highlighted the particularly low level of wholemeal cereal products in the diet of children and adolescents [ 84 , 85 , 86 ]. Additionally, in this study, children more frequently consumed white than wholemeal bread and cereal products.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Impact of Physical Activity at School on Eating Behaviour and Leisure Time of Early Adolescents

Kolanowski

Ługowska

Trafiałek

2022

IJERPH

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(1) Background: Diet and physical activity (PA) significantly impact health. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of long-term increase in organized PA level at school on the eating behaviour and leisure time of early adolescences in the period from the age of 10 to 12. (2) Methods: Children born in 2007 (n = 278) in groups with a standard (control group) and increased level of organized PA at school (4 and 10 h a week) were subjected to an anonymous follow-up survey. The questionnaire included 22 questions related to the eating behaviour and ways and frequency of leisure time PA. The study was conducted in the same groups in three assessment sessions in September 2017, 2018 and 2019. (3) Results: During the course of the study, it was shown improvement of eating behaviour in the increased PA group whereas decline in the standard PA one. The share of children with good and very good scores of eating behaviour decreased in the standard PA group from 56.89% to 54.54% and increased in the increased PA from 58.06% to 60.29%. In the increased PA group children more frequently than standard PA ate vegetables, fruits, fish, poultry meat, wholemeal bakery products, milk, dairy products and drinking tea without sugar, as well as ate breakfast. The standard PA children more frequently than increased PA ate high sugar and/or fat content food as sweets, savoury snacks and drank fizzy drinks as well as fast foods. The frequency of often undertaken leisure time PA increased in the increased PA group from 67% to 74%, while decreased in the standard PA from 58% to 52%. (4) Conclusions: Increase in organized PA at school beneficially influenced early adolescents’ eating behaviour and frequency of leisure time PA during 2 years observation. It also increased early adolescents’ awareness of healthy diet. Increased PA at school helps shaping healthy lifestyle among early adolescents.

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“…The main goal of adopting a healthy life by means of doing regular exercise, having a healthy diet, and good rest is more and more widespread [1,2,3] as adequate nutrition and daily physical activity are necessary factors for optimal health. However, such objectives are not always easy to attain.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In this paper, we present a conversational system oriented to those people interested in healthy lifestyle habits, both in the field of nutrition and physical exercise. The system has been developed using the Google's Dialogflow platform 1 and integrates different APIs offered by the Edamam platform 2 for the nutrition topics, a database built in Mongo with nutritional knowledge, a database built in Mongo with training routines, and another database built in Firebase to relate workouts and nutrition guidelines. In addition, the conversational system has been integrated into Facebook Messenger to facilitate the use and access by end users.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

An application of conversational systems to promote healthy lifestyle habits

Griol

Callejas

Fernández-Martínez³

et al. 2022

2022 IEEE Intl Conf on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing, Intl Conf on Pervasive Intelligence and Computing, Intl Conf

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Is it possible to improve healthy food habits in schoolchildren? A cross cultural study among Spain and Poland

Cited by 4 publications

References 44 publications

A narrative review on food neophobia throughout the lifespan: relationships with dietary behaviours and interventions to reduce it

A narrative review on food neophobia throughout the lifespan: relationships with dietary behaviours and interventions to reduce it

The Impact of Physical Activity at School on Eating Behaviour and Leisure Time of Early Adolescents

An application of conversational systems to promote healthy lifestyle habits

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