Factors affecting the formation of food preferences in preschool children
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Early Child Development and Care
- Vol. 21 (4) , 265-276
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0300443850210402
Abstract
It has been found that a complex and varied diet increases the probability that foods containing essential nutrients will be consumed by the pre‐school child. Because variety in the diet is beneficial identification of factors that affect the development of food preferences in young children is important. Such factors include familiarity, age, parents, peers, teachers and programs designed to influence food habits. Each of these are discussed and recommendations are given to pre‐school programs for creating an atmosphere conducive to trying new foods.Keywords
This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
- Food Habits and Preferences of Vietnamese ChildrenJournal of School Health, 1983
- I don't like it; I never tried it: Effects of exposure on two-year-old children's food preferencesAppetite, 1982
- A call for the explicit recognition of affect in models of human eating behaviorJournal of Nutrition Education, 1981
- Vegetable preferences of preschoolers in day careJournal of Nutrition Education, 1980
- Daycare teachers: Nutrition knowledge, opinions, and use of foodJournal of Nutrition Education, 1980
- The relationship between children's food preferences and those of their parentsJournal of Nutrition Education, 1980
- Factors associated with children's food habitsJournal of Nutrition Education, 1979
- Dimensions of preschool children's food preferencesJournal of Nutrition Education, 1979
- Food habits of low-income children in Northern New YorkJournal of Nutrition Education, 1972
- Sex differences in food aversions.Journal of Applied Psychology, 1943