Cooking Matters for Kids Improves Attitudes and Self-Efficacy Related to Healthy Eating and Cooking.
J Nutr Educ Behav
; 54(3): 211-218, 2022 03.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34774426
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To assess changes in self-efficacy and attitudes related to healthy eating and cooking in Cooking Matters for Kids participants.DESIGN:
Prepost study design.SETTING:
Cooking Matters for Kids programs offered by 35 organizations.PARTICIPANTS:
Predominantly third- to fifth-grade children participating in Cooking Matters for Kids lessons during fiscal years 2012-17 with matched presurvey and postsurveys (nâ¯=â¯18,113). INTERVENTION(S) Cooking Matters for Kids consists of six 2-hour experiential nutrition and cooking education lessons. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Self-efficacy related to healthy eating and cooking and attitudes toward healthy foods assessed through the Cooking Matters for Kids Participant Survey.ANALYSIS:
Changes from the presurvey to postsurvey were assessed using mixed models and repeated measures ordered logistic regression accounting for clustering by course. Effect sizes were calculated using Cohen d for repeated measures. A Bonferroni adjustment was used to correct for multiple comparisons (αâ¯=â¯0.025).RESULTS:
Both overall and individual self-efficacy and attitude scores improved from presurvey to postsurvey (P < 0.0001). The effect sizes were 0.35 for overall self-efficacy score and 0.17 for overall attitude score. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Participation in Cooking Matters for Kids was associated with improvements in self-efficacy and attitudes related to healthy eating and cooking.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Self Efficacy
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Diet, Healthy
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limits:
Child
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
J Nutr Educ Behav
Journal subject:
CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO
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CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO
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EDUCACAO
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article