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Age And Sex As Influences On The Food Preferences Of Preschool Children, Tish Wilson
Age And Sex As Influences On The Food Preferences Of Preschool Children, Tish Wilson
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
A descriptive -exploratory study on the influences of age and sex on the food preferences of preschool children was undertaken to add to the knowledge of the effects of self-selection on the foods chosen and the order in which they were eaten.
Twenty-eight preschool children (fourteen two-year-olds and fourteen four and one-half-year-olds) were given two trials in which they named, selected, and ate foods from a predetermined array of seven food items.
The results indicate that there is a difference in the order in which the children of this study ate the food items. Both age groups selected candy first, …