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KIMEHS—Proposal of an Index for Qualitative Evaluation of Children’s Menus—A Pilot Study
Considering the importance of the food environments for health promotion, and the lack of simple, easy to use, low-cost measures of the quality of meals, the authors developed a qualitative menu index (KIMEHS—Kids’ Menu Healthy Score), tailored to children’s menu evaluation. Development of the tool...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7694791/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33172175 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods9111618 |
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description | Considering the importance of the food environments for health promotion, and the lack of simple, easy to use, low-cost measures of the quality of meals, the authors developed a qualitative menu index (KIMEHS—Kids’ Menu Healthy Score), tailored to children’s menu evaluation. Development of the tool was based on the Mediterranean food pattern. It includes 18 components, divided into seven main groups that reflect key aspects of menu quality, including protein source, side dishes, vegetables, dessert and beverages, and also allergens and nutritional information. The index was analysed for content and construct validity, as well as inter-rater reliability, and was applied to a sample of menus from restaurants in shopping centres in the Lisbon region. Possible index point ranges from −17 to 17, with a higher score indicating greater compliance with the recommendations. A value of 5.5 is obtained if all KIMEHS items are available, considering healthy and non-healthy options. The inter-rater reliability was assessed and values above 0.80 were obtained for Alpha Cronbach, as well as agreement % rate >75%. Agreement percentage is above 75% for all the components. Evaluated restaurants scored from −14 to 7, with an average KIMEHS of −6.15. Only four restaurants scored positive values, ranging from 0.25 to 7. KIMEHS was considered to be an adequate index to evaluate children’s menus, from the menu information displayed on restaurant websites and/or on restaurant displays or table menus. It is a simple, low-cost tool that may be used as a reference for health professionals as an objective measure to evaluate the food environment. Stakeholders could also be involved in their own assessment to help educate consumers about healthy food choices, strengthening the efforts to promote an adequate food pattern and health, contributing to the fight against obesity. |
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spelling | pubmed-76947912020-11-28 KIMEHS—Proposal of an Index for Qualitative Evaluation of Children’s Menus—A Pilot Study Rocha, Ada Viegas, Claudia Foods Article Considering the importance of the food environments for health promotion, and the lack of simple, easy to use, low-cost measures of the quality of meals, the authors developed a qualitative menu index (KIMEHS—Kids’ Menu Healthy Score), tailored to children’s menu evaluation. Development of the tool was based on the Mediterranean food pattern. It includes 18 components, divided into seven main groups that reflect key aspects of menu quality, including protein source, side dishes, vegetables, dessert and beverages, and also allergens and nutritional information. The index was analysed for content and construct validity, as well as inter-rater reliability, and was applied to a sample of menus from restaurants in shopping centres in the Lisbon region. Possible index point ranges from −17 to 17, with a higher score indicating greater compliance with the recommendations. A value of 5.5 is obtained if all KIMEHS items are available, considering healthy and non-healthy options. The inter-rater reliability was assessed and values above 0.80 were obtained for Alpha Cronbach, as well as agreement % rate >75%. Agreement percentage is above 75% for all the components. Evaluated restaurants scored from −14 to 7, with an average KIMEHS of −6.15. Only four restaurants scored positive values, ranging from 0.25 to 7. KIMEHS was considered to be an adequate index to evaluate children’s menus, from the menu information displayed on restaurant websites and/or on restaurant displays or table menus. It is a simple, low-cost tool that may be used as a reference for health professionals as an objective measure to evaluate the food environment. Stakeholders could also be involved in their own assessment to help educate consumers about healthy food choices, strengthening the efforts to promote an adequate food pattern and health, contributing to the fight against obesity. MDPI 2020-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7694791/ /pubmed/33172175 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods9111618 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Rocha, Ada Viegas, Claudia KIMEHS—Proposal of an Index for Qualitative Evaluation of Children’s Menus—A Pilot Study |
title | KIMEHS—Proposal of an Index for Qualitative Evaluation of Children’s Menus—A Pilot Study |
title_full | KIMEHS—Proposal of an Index for Qualitative Evaluation of Children’s Menus—A Pilot Study |
title_fullStr | KIMEHS—Proposal of an Index for Qualitative Evaluation of Children’s Menus—A Pilot Study |
title_full_unstemmed | KIMEHS—Proposal of an Index for Qualitative Evaluation of Children’s Menus—A Pilot Study |
title_short | KIMEHS—Proposal of an Index for Qualitative Evaluation of Children’s Menus—A Pilot Study |
title_sort | kimehs—proposal of an index for qualitative evaluation of children’s menus—a pilot study |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7694791/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33172175 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods9111618 |
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