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Impact Of Vegetable Preparation Method And Taste-Test On Vegetable Preference For First Grade Children In The United States, Marie Veronyck Colas, Joan Vaccaro, Gustavo G. Zarini, Fatma G. Huffman Nov 2013

Impact Of Vegetable Preparation Method And Taste-Test On Vegetable Preference For First Grade Children In The United States, Marie Veronyck Colas, Joan Vaccaro, Gustavo G. Zarini, Fatma G. Huffman

Department of Dietetics and Nutrition

How children rate vegetables may be influenced by the preparation method. The primary objective of this study was for first grade students to be involved in a cooking demonstration and to taste and rate vegetables raw and cooked. First grade children of two classes (N= 52: 18 boys and 34 girls (approximately half Hispanic) that had assented and had signed parental consent participated in the study. The degree of liking a particular vegetable was recorded by the students using a hedonic scale of five commonly eaten vegetables tasted first raw (pre-demonstration) and then cooked (post-demonstration). A food habit questionnaire was …


A Comparison Of Daily Consumption Of Artificial Dye-Containing Foods By American Children And Adults, Carol Christine Bell Mar 2013

A Comparison Of Daily Consumption Of Artificial Dye-Containing Foods By American Children And Adults, Carol Christine Bell

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

Children with developing nervous systems might be at greater risk for any potential neurobehavioral effects of color additives widespread in many foods. This study thus examined whether children consumed foods containing color additives more frequently than adults. Twenty-one adults (aged 18-60) and parents of 14 children (aged 4-7) with regular eating patterns kept detailed food records for five days. Diets were analyzed for foods containing the dyes Red #3, Red #40, Yellow #5, Yellow #6, Blue #1, Blue #2 and Green #3 by comparing ingredient labels found in grocery stores and online. The number of daily dye exposures was significantly …