Sensory characteristics of vegetables consumed by Australian children

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العنوان: Sensory characteristics of vegetables consumed by Australian children
المؤلفون: Danielle Baird, Astrid Am Poelman, David N. Cox, Gilly A. Hendrie, Megan A Rebuli
المصدر: Public Health Nutrition. 25:1205-1216
بيانات النشر: Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2021.
سنة النشر: 2021
مصطلحات موضوعية: Consumption (economics), Taste, Nutrition and Dietetics, Design analysis, business.industry, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Medicine (miscellaneous), Sensory system, Potato intake, Effective interventions, Age groups, Environmental health, Medicine, Nutrition survey, business
الوصف: Objectives:Consumption is driven by children’s sensory acceptance, but little is known about the sensory characteristics of vegetables that children commonly eat. A greater understanding could help design more effective interventions to help raise intakes, thus realising beneficial health effects. This study sought to: (1) Understand the vegetable consumption patterns in children, with and without potatoes, using the Australian and WHO definitions. (2) Describe the sensory characteristics of vegetables consumed by children by age group, level of intake and variety. (3) Determine the vegetable preferences of children, by age group, level of intake and variety.Design:Analysis of National Nutrition Survey data, combining reported vegetable intake with sensory characteristics described by a trained panel.Setting:AustraliaParticipants:A nationally representative sample of Australian children and adolescents aged 2–17·9 years (n 2812).Results:While consumption increased in older age groups, variety remained constant. Greater variety, however, was associated with higher vegetable consumption. Potato intake increased with consumption, contributing over one-third of total vegetable intake for highest vegetable consumption and for older age groups. Children favoured relatively sweet vegetables and reported lower consumption of bitter vegetables. There were no differences in the sensory properties of vegetables consumed by children in different age groups. After potatoes, carrots, sweetcorn, mixtures, fruiting and cruciferous types were preferred vegetables.Conclusion:Children tend to prefer vegetables with sensory characteristics consistent with innate taste preferences (sweet and low bitterness). Increasing exposure to a variety of vegetables may help increase the persistently low vegetable consumption patterns of children.
تدمد: 1475-2727
1368-9800
DOI: 10.1017/s1368980021000847
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::e273b8260b04c5edb863f39e0918d20a
https://doi.org/10.1017/s1368980021000847
Rights: OPEN
رقم الانضمام: edsair.doi.dedup.....e273b8260b04c5edb863f39e0918d20a
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE
الوصف
تدمد:14752727
13689800
DOI:10.1017/s1368980021000847