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Development of a Pictorial Fruit and Vegetable Preference Scale for Preschoolers
Author(s) -
Nanney Kristin K.,
CarrawayStage Virginia,
Goodell L. Suzanne
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.25.1_supplement.989.6
Subject(s) - preference , wine tasting , scale (ratio) , point (geometry) , psychology , food preference , developmental psychology , point of sale , geography , mathematics , food science , computer science , statistics , cartography , biology , geometry , wine , world wide web
There is a plethora of research providing evidence that the preferences for fruits and vegetables (FV) of children at an early age are an indicator of what their eating habits will be like as adults. Although there have been studies to assess food preferences of preschool children, they often assessed the factors influencing these preferences and decision‐making. In addition, the method of determining these preferences more often than not involved tasting food and/or questionnaires. This research involves the usage of scaled pictorial images to determine the FV preferences of 3–5 year old preschool children. The children will be shown high‐quality, color images of a combination of 10 vegetables and 10 fruits in a random, preselected order. A 5‐point star scale is used to indicate preference. The 5 stars, increasing in size from left to right with the smallest star equaling 1 point and the biggest star equaling 5 points, is placed on the image cards and the children are asked to rate their preference for the particular foods by pointing to the appropriate star. This study will provide baseline data for further development and aid in determining the feasibility of using a 5 point pictorial scale to indicate FV knowledge among 3–5 year old preschool children.