A preschool dietary survey employing measuring method and menu analysis

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K16271
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Eating habits
• Research Institution: Saga Women's Junior College
• Principal Investigator: KOJIMA NAMIE 佐賀女子短期大学, その他部局等, 講師 (70412559)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): KOGA Takako 長崎国際大学, 健康栄養学科, 教授 (10301681) ; YOSHINAGA Natsuki 長崎国際大学, 健康栄養学科, 助手 (80646836) ; FUKUDA Sayaka 佐賀女子短期大学, 地域みらい学科, 助手 (60768547) ; BABA Satoko 長崎短期大学, 食物科, 助手 (00795833)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 調味％ / テクスチャー / 発達 / 食育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to identify nutritional items necessary that provides evelopmentally and palatability appropriate meals for young children.
We divided the menus into 3 groups (highest, intermediate, and lowest) according to the eating rate. A positive correlation was found between “eating rates and acid concentration,” between “leftover rates and concentrations of salt and sugar,” and between “leftover rates and hardness”; a negative correlation was found between “unserved meals rates and concentrations of salt, sugar, and acid”　Menu analysis between the ranked groups indicated significant differences between the highest or the intermediate group and the lowest group in salt concentration with approximation values ranging from 0.64±0.06 to 0.78±0.05%.
The results suggest that although more preschoolers asked for “a second helping” when served heavily seasoned meals, they were unable to finish all the food on their plates.

Free Research Field

応用栄養学