Food selection, decisions about which foods to eat, is a ubiquitous part of our everyday lives. The aim of this research was to investigate the role of taste versus health perceptions in 4- and 6-year-old children's food selection. In this study, children and young adults were asked to rate the health and presumed taste of foods. Participants were also asked to indicate whether they would eat these foods in a food selection task. Overall, the results showed that taste was a strong predictor of individuals' food selection above and beyond the variance associated with age, health ratings, and interactions between age and presumed taste ratings as well as age and health ratings. These results contribute to our understanding of children's food selection, and the relative importance of a food's taste versus health in the development of these decisions.

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儿童食物选择的预测因素：儿童对食物健康和口味的看法的作用


食物选择，即决定吃哪些食物，是我们日常生活中无处不在的一部分。本研究的目的是调查口味与健康认知在 4 岁和 6 岁儿童食物选择中的作用。在这项研究中，儿童和年轻人被要求对食物的健康状况和推测的味道进行评分。参与者还被要求在食物选择任务中表明他们是否会吃这些食物。总体而言，结果表明，口味是个人食物选择的有力预测因素，其影响超出了与年龄、健康评级以及年龄和假定口味评级以及年龄和健康评级之间的相互作用相关的方差。这些结果有助于我们了解儿童的食物选择，以及在做出这些决定时食物的味道与健康的相对重要性。