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The Effects of Horticultural Activity Program on Vegetable Preference of Elementary School Students
This study was conducted to investigate effects of a horticultural activity program based on a mediating variable model for improving vegetable preference among elementary students. A quasi-experimental design was employed with 136 students and 136 primary carers in Seoul, South Korea. Based on the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8345950/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34360393 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18158100 |
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author | Kim, Ha-Ram Kim, Seon-Ok Park, Sin-Ae |
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description | This study was conducted to investigate effects of a horticultural activity program based on a mediating variable model for improving vegetable preference among elementary students. A quasi-experimental design was employed with 136 students and 136 primary carers in Seoul, South Korea. Based on the mediation model for improving children’s vegetable preference, 12 sessions were conducted, including gardening, nutrition education, and cooking activities using harvests. The program was conducted weekly for 12 weeks from March to July 2019. To investigate the effect of this program, mediating factors of the children were evaluated before and after the program. Pearson correlation analysis was used to identify the mediating factors. The nutrition index, attitude, knowledge, and eating habits of the primary carers were evaluated. Results showed children’s nutrition and gardening knowledge, dietary self-efficacy, outcome expectancies, and vegetable preference were significantly improved (p < 0.001). Primary carers showed significant improvement in the nutrition index, knowledge, and attitude (p < 0.05). The correlation analysis confirmed that most of the mediating factors had significant correlations (p < 0.05). Therefore, administering a structured program involving horticultural activities and nutrition education as mediating factors for 12 sessions was effective in improving eating behavior for vegetables elementary school students and primary carers. |
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spelling | pubmed-83459502021-08-07 The Effects of Horticultural Activity Program on Vegetable Preference of Elementary School Students Kim, Ha-Ram Kim, Seon-Ok Park, Sin-Ae Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study was conducted to investigate effects of a horticultural activity program based on a mediating variable model for improving vegetable preference among elementary students. A quasi-experimental design was employed with 136 students and 136 primary carers in Seoul, South Korea. Based on the mediation model for improving children’s vegetable preference, 12 sessions were conducted, including gardening, nutrition education, and cooking activities using harvests. The program was conducted weekly for 12 weeks from March to July 2019. To investigate the effect of this program, mediating factors of the children were evaluated before and after the program. Pearson correlation analysis was used to identify the mediating factors. The nutrition index, attitude, knowledge, and eating habits of the primary carers were evaluated. Results showed children’s nutrition and gardening knowledge, dietary self-efficacy, outcome expectancies, and vegetable preference were significantly improved (p < 0.001). Primary carers showed significant improvement in the nutrition index, knowledge, and attitude (p < 0.05). The correlation analysis confirmed that most of the mediating factors had significant correlations (p < 0.05). Therefore, administering a structured program involving horticultural activities and nutrition education as mediating factors for 12 sessions was effective in improving eating behavior for vegetables elementary school students and primary carers. MDPI 2021-07-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8345950/ /pubmed/34360393 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18158100 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/). |
spellingShingle | Article Kim, Ha-Ram Kim, Seon-Ok Park, Sin-Ae The Effects of Horticultural Activity Program on Vegetable Preference of Elementary School Students |
title | The Effects of Horticultural Activity Program on Vegetable Preference of Elementary School Students |
title_full | The Effects of Horticultural Activity Program on Vegetable Preference of Elementary School Students |
title_fullStr | The Effects of Horticultural Activity Program on Vegetable Preference of Elementary School Students |
title_full_unstemmed | The Effects of Horticultural Activity Program on Vegetable Preference of Elementary School Students |
title_short | The Effects of Horticultural Activity Program on Vegetable Preference of Elementary School Students |
title_sort | effects of horticultural activity program on vegetable preference of elementary school students |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8345950/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34360393 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18158100 |
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