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Effectiveness of an Innovative Sensory Approach to Improve Children’s Nutritional Choices

A case-control study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of the Edueat(®) Method, through experiential workshops focused on the use of all 5 senses. In two different primary schools in the same city, questionnaires were administered in two months with a follow-up one year later. Participa...

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Autores principales: Meleleo, Domenico, Susca, Giovanna, Andrulli Buccheri, Valentina, Lamanna, Giovanna, Cassano, Liliana, De Chirico, Valeria, Mustica, Sergio, Caroli, Margherita, Bartolomeo, Nicola
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8296279/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34203732
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126462
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author Meleleo, Domenico
Susca, Giovanna
Andrulli Buccheri, Valentina
Lamanna, Giovanna
Cassano, Liliana
De Chirico, Valeria
Mustica, Sergio
Caroli, Margherita
Bartolomeo, Nicola
author_facet Meleleo, Domenico
Susca, Giovanna
Andrulli Buccheri, Valentina
Lamanna, Giovanna
Cassano, Liliana
De Chirico, Valeria
Mustica, Sergio
Caroli, Margherita
Bartolomeo, Nicola
author_sort Meleleo, Domenico
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description A case-control study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of the Edueat(®) Method, through experiential workshops focused on the use of all 5 senses. In two different primary schools in the same city, questionnaires were administered in two months with a follow-up one year later. Participants: 119 children (age 8.2–9.0) chosen randomly; control group 66 (55.5%). Seven lessons of 2 h each were held in the schools by experts of the Edueat(®) method and seven extra lessons by the teachers. The main outcome measures were the children’s changes in their approach and attitude towards their eating habits. The answers were grouped with factor analysis and summarized through scores. Repeated-measures analysis of variance was conducted in order to identify the relationships between scores and treatment over time. At the end of treatment, the intervention group showed a significant appreciation towards healthy foods (+4.15 vs. −0.05, p = 0.02) and a greater capacity in identifying foods which are very good for the health (+15.6 vs. +14.4, p = 0.02). In conclusion, the Edueat(®) method was found to be particularly promising in transmitting knowledge of those foods which are healthy. Greater involvement of teachers and parents is crucial.
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spelling pubmed-82962792021-07-23 Effectiveness of an Innovative Sensory Approach to Improve Children’s Nutritional Choices Meleleo, Domenico Susca, Giovanna Andrulli Buccheri, Valentina Lamanna, Giovanna Cassano, Liliana De Chirico, Valeria Mustica, Sergio Caroli, Margherita Bartolomeo, Nicola Int J Environ Res Public Health Article A case-control study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of the Edueat(®) Method, through experiential workshops focused on the use of all 5 senses. In two different primary schools in the same city, questionnaires were administered in two months with a follow-up one year later. Participants: 119 children (age 8.2–9.0) chosen randomly; control group 66 (55.5%). Seven lessons of 2 h each were held in the schools by experts of the Edueat(®) method and seven extra lessons by the teachers. The main outcome measures were the children’s changes in their approach and attitude towards their eating habits. The answers were grouped with factor analysis and summarized through scores. Repeated-measures analysis of variance was conducted in order to identify the relationships between scores and treatment over time. At the end of treatment, the intervention group showed a significant appreciation towards healthy foods (+4.15 vs. −0.05, p = 0.02) and a greater capacity in identifying foods which are very good for the health (+15.6 vs. +14.4, p = 0.02). In conclusion, the Edueat(®) method was found to be particularly promising in transmitting knowledge of those foods which are healthy. Greater involvement of teachers and parents is crucial. MDPI 2021-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8296279/ /pubmed/34203732 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126462 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Mustica, Sergio
Caroli, Margherita
Bartolomeo, Nicola
Effectiveness of an Innovative Sensory Approach to Improve Children’s Nutritional Choices
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8296279/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34203732
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126462
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