Development and Evaluation of WillTry: An Instrument for Measuring Childrens Willingness to Try Fruits and Vegetables

Autor: Sara E. Duke, Jessica L. Thomson, Beverly McCabe-Sellers, Margaret L. Bogle, Kathleen Yadrick, Earline Strickland, Dalia Lovera, Henry Nuss
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: The FASEB Journal. 24
ISSN: 1530-6860
0892-6638
Popis: IntroductionChildhood obesity is a growing worldwide epidemic. If currenttrends continue, 46% of children in North and South America areprojected to be overweight ( 85th percentile BMI for gender andage) by the year 2010 (Wang & Lobstein, 2006). Furthermore,overweight children and adolescents are more likely to becomeoverweight or obese adults (Baker, Olsen, & Sorensen, 2007;Bibbins-Domingo,Coxson,Pletcher,Lightwood,G Carruth et al., 1998;Cooke, 2007; Galloway, Lee, & Birch, 2003). This is particularlytroubling since current guidelines for dietary adequacy are morelikely to be met when a wide variety of foods are consumed on aregular basis (Carruth & Skinner, 2000).The Lower Mississippi Delta (LMD) is a region that has longbeen plagued by poverty and is possibly the poorest part of the US(USCommissiononCivilRights).InmanyLMDschooldistricts,80%or more of the students qualify for the federal free lunch program(US Commission on Civil Rights). Additionally, the diet quality ofadult LMD residents is significantly poorer than their nationalcounterparts according to Healthy Eating Index (HEI) scores(McCabe-Sellers et al., 2007). Based on the USDA MyPyramidguidelines, less than 16% and 25% of LMD adults met therecommended number of servings for fruits and vegetables
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