Date of Award:
5-1975
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences
Department name when degree awarded
Nutrition and Food Sciences
Committee Chair(s)
Frances Taylor, Bonita Wyse
Committee
Frances Taylor
Committee
Bonita Wyse
Committee
Eldon Drake
Abstract
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.
The findings also indicated that there was no significant difference between girls and boys in their ability to learn nutrition concepts. However, there appeared to be some slight sex differences in the modification of personal food choices.
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Recommended Citation
Houston, Nida Diane, "The Influence of a Nutrition Education Program on Preschool Children" (1975). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 5186.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/5186
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