Intervention study of nutrition education program based on child's food preference

• Project/Area Number: 21500666
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Applied health science
• Research Institution: Tokai Gakuen University
• Principal Investigator: TAKEYAMA Hidemaro 東海学園大学, 健康栄養学部, 准教授 (50347407)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TACHI Norihide 中部大学, 生命健康科学部, 教授 (10137119) ; EBARA Takeshi 名古屋市立大学, 大学院・医学研究科, 講師 (50405156) ; TSUJI Tomiko 名古屋文理大学, 健康生活学部, 教授 (20269666)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: 児童 / 嗜好 / 差異抽出法 / 栄養教育 / 嗜好形成 / 介入

Research Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine the factor to cause the child's vegetable preference by sensitive differentiation method(SDM), to examine the effects of the nutrition education program based on their food preference. The study showed that the child's hated reasons for vegetable was provided by the texture and the cooking form. Moreover, it was suggested that the nutrition education based on their characteristics of food preference was effective to promote vegetable consumption for children