Relationship of meal planners' nutrition attitudes and knowledge to their fat and fiber intakes and that of their preschool-aged children

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dc.contributor.authorColavito, Elizabeth A.en
dc.contributor.committeechairHertzler, Ann A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWebb, Ryland E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberGuthrie, Joanne F.en
dc.contributor.departmentHuman Nutrition and Foodsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:49:29Zen
dc.date.adate2009-11-10en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:49:29Zen
dc.date.issued1994-05-17en
dc.date.rdate2009-11-10en
dc.date.sdate2009-11-10en
dc.description.abstractThe relationship of meal planners' nutrition attitudes and knowledge to their fat and fiber intakes and to the intakes of 2-5 year-old children in their households were examined using data from USDA's 1989-91 Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals (CSFII) and corresponding Diet and Health Knowledge Survey (DHKS). Selected households (N=478) provided 24-hour diet recalls. Data on meal planners' attitudes and knowledge were used to create variables that represented the constructs of a modified Health Belief Model. The relationships of these variables to the percent of calories from fat and to fiber density of foods consumed at home and of total food consumed by meal planners and children were analyzed using multiple regression. Several of the attitude-knowledge variables were significantly related to meal planners' fat and fiber intakes. The variables did not have a significantly different relationship with children's intakes, except for taste which was inversely related to children's fiber intakes. Although the relationship of meal planners' attitudes and knowledge was not significantly different with children's intakes than with meal planners' intakes, the constructs were not significantly related either, except for knowledge which was significantly related to less at-home fat consumption by children. Results indicate weak support for the gatekeeper theory; meal planners' nutrition knowledge and attitudes appear more operational in their diets than in the diets of their young children.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentix, 100 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
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dc.identifier.otheretd-11102009-020328en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11102009-020328/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/45629en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1994.C653.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 31034620en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
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dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1994.C653en
dc.subject.lcshFiber in human nutritionen
dc.subject.lcshLipids in human nutritionen
dc.subject.lcshParents -- Nutritionen
dc.subject.lcshPreschool children -- Nutritionen
dc.titleRelationship of meal planners' nutrition attitudes and knowledge to their fat and fiber intakes and that of their preschool-aged childrenen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineHuman Nutrition and Foodsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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