Essential food and nutrition knowledge and skills for primary school children: Australian parents' opinions Aydin, Gozde, Margerison, Claire, Worsley, A and Booth, Alison 2022, Essential food and nutrition knowledge and skills for primary school children: Australian parents' opinions, Health Education, vol. 122, no. 4, pp. 424-439, doi: 10.1108/HE-09-2021-0131. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Essential food and nutrition knowledge and skills for primary school children: Australian parents' opinions Author(s) Aydin, Gozde orcid.org/0000-0002-2722-6128 Margerison, Claire Worsley, A orcid.org/0000-0003-4914-7006 Booth, Alison Journal name Health Education Volume number 122 Issue number 4 Start page 424 End page 439 Total pages 16 Publisher Emerald Place of publication Bingley, Eng. Publication date 2022 ISSN 0965-4283 1758-714X Keyword(s) ASSOCIATIONS CANTEENS Children CONSUMPTION Food and nutrition HEALTH Health education Life Sciences & Biomedicine OBESITY Parents PERCEPTIONS PERSONAL VALUES POLICY PREDICTORS Primary schools Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Science & Technology VIEWS Summary PurposeThis paper examines the views of Australian primary school parents regarding the food and nutrition education (FNE) curriculum. Associations with personal values (Universalism and Hedonism) and demographic measures were also explored.Design/methodology/approachAn online survey was conducted among 787 parents in March 2021. Parents rated the importance of 17 FNE topics. They were also asked about their support for six curriculum improvements and to state their own improvement suggestions.FindingsParents viewed the “Effect of food on health” and “Food hygiene” as the most important topics. Three FNE components were derived: (1) food safety and preparation, (2) health and nutrition information, (3) food origins and environmental sustainability. The “Food safety and preparation” component score was associated with both universalism-nature and hedonism values but negatively associated with parental education. The “Health and nutrition information” component score was associated with universalism-nature value and main language spoken at home. Lastly, the “Food origins and environmental sustainability” component score was associated with universalism-nature value. The two personal values, universalism-nature and hedonism, were more strongly associated with parents' views of curriculum topics than parental demographic characteristics. Parents had several criticisms of current FNE, including school food environments not resonating with FNE taught in the classroom and that FNE might increase the risk of eating disorders. They also suggested that the FNE curriculum should support both parents and teachers by providing relevant resources and training.Originality/valueAustralian parents' views of the importance of FNE topics and how to improve FNE in primary schools have been under-examined. Language eng DOI 10.1108/HE-09-2021-0131 Field of Research 1117 Public Health and Health Services 1303 Specialist Studies in Education HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30159291 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 24 Nov 2021, 10:54:21 EST Wed, 24 Nov 2021, 14:56:37 EST Wed, 24 Nov 2021, 15:00:47 EST Thu, 25 Nov 2021, 08:20:42 EST Sat, 11 Dec 2021, 01:30:44 EST Sat, 11 Dec 2021, 01:45:57 EST Wed, 20 Apr 2022, 14:48:32 EST Thu, 28 Apr 2022, 07:38:17 EST Thu, 28 Apr 2022, 11:06:41 EST Thu, 28 Apr 2022, 11:09:14 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 1 times in TR Web of Science Cited 1 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 16 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 24 Nov 2021, 10:54:21 EST