How Brazilian Schoolchildren Identify, Classify, and Label Foods and Beverages-A Card Sorting Methodology.

ABSTRACT: This study examined how Brazilian schoolchildren identified, classified, and labeled foods and beverages. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 133 schoolchildren aged 7 to 10 years old from a public school located in southern Brazil in 2015. A set of cards with pictures of 32 food and beverage items from the web-based Food Intake and Physical Activity of Schoolchildren tool (Web-CAAFE) were used. Participants identified each item, formed groups for them based on similarity, and assigned labels for those groups. Student's t-tests and analysis of variance (ANOVA) tests were used to verify the mean difference between the groups of items. K-means cluster analysis was applied to identify similar clusters. Schoolchildren made an average of 9.1 piles of foods and beverages that t

SUBMITTER: Pereira LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9859169 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature