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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.

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Title Essential food and nutrition knowledge and skills for primary school children: Australian parents' opinions
Author(s) Aydin, GozdeORCID iD for Aydin, Gozde orcid.org/0000-0002-2722-6128
Margerison, Claire
Worsley, AORCID iD for 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
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