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The Affect Of The Placement Of Food On The Tray And The Scheduling Of Playtime On Plate Waste And Nutrient Intake By Elementary School Children, Elise Walton May 1977

The Affect Of The Placement Of Food On The Tray And The Scheduling Of Playtime On Plate Waste And Nutrient Intake By Elementary School Children, Elise Walton

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

For three weeks the plate waste from the students at the Edith Bowen Laboratory School was collected. The students were divided into three units by grade; Unit I, kindergarten and first grade, Unit II, second and third grade; and Unit III, fourth through sixth grade. The total waste of the individual menu items in the three units was weighed to determine the total waste of each food item for the unit. In each unit individual food items from three control trays weighed together, and an average serving portion for the item in each of the three units was obtained.

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The Influence Of A Nutrition Education Program On Preschool Children, Nida Diane Houston May 1975

The Influence Of A Nutrition Education Program On Preschool Children, Nida Diane Houston

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

A study on the influence of nutrition education experiences was conducted in the Child Development Preschool Laboratory at Southern Utah State College in Cedar City, Utah, with thirty-two preschool children. Sixteen of the children were exposed to nutrition experiences through food activities and stories.

It was found that the sixteen children who were involved in the fifteen nutrition experiences significantly increased their knowledge of nutrition concepts and further modified their own personal food choices. The control group, which was not exposed to nutrition activities, made no significant change in knowledge of nutrition concepts and no modification of personal food choices. …