Dissertations and Theses @ UNI
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Keywords
Children--Nutrition--Psychological aspects; Food preferences;
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effects of race and socio-economic status on children's food preferences. Twenty-four obese and 43 non-obese young children (mean age 5.3 years) looked at an array of pictures of food and selected the pictures of items with which he/she would like to make a lunch. The mothers of the children were escorted into the room after the children had left the room and were instructed to modify, if they wish, their child's food selections. The mothers were also told that the modification of their child's selections should reflect a lunch they would normally serve their child. The children's and their mothers' food selections were analyzed by means of 2 (socio-economic status: low versus high) x 2 (race: African-American versus Caucasian-American) x 2 (food selector: child versus mother) analysis of variance. The significant findings were: (a) young children (ages 4-7) make poorer food selections than their mothers; (b) while mothers generally try to eliminate some of the poor food choices made by children, mothers often do not offer nutritious alternatives; (c) mothers modify their children's food selections regardless of whether the child is obese or not obese; (d) socio-economic status has no effect on children's food preferences and individuals of high or low SES do not differ in the degree to which they are nutrition conscious; (e) African-Americans, in general, make poor food preference selections than their Caucasian-American counterparts. The implications of these results for future intervention efforts are discussed.
Year of Submission
1991
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Department of Psychology
First Advisor
Frank X. Barrios
Second Advisor
Jane L. Wong
Third Advisor
Augustine S. Osman
Date Original
1991
Object Description
1 PDF file (106 leaves)
Copyright
©1991 Reginald M. Chandler
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Chandler, Reginald M., "Effects of Race and Socio-Economic Status on Children’s Food Preferences" (1991). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 2322.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/2322
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