Effectiveness of a teaching unit on the willingness to consume insect-based food - An intervention study with adolescents from Germany
Autor(en): | Szczepanski, Lena Dupont, Jacqueline Schade, Fenja Hellberg, Henrike Buescher, Milan Fiebelkorn, Florian |
Stichwörter: | ACCEPTANCE; ADOPT INSECTS; alternative protein; ATTITUDES; EAT INSECTS; EDIBLE INSECTS; EDUCATION; entomophagy; FEED; INFORMATION; meat alternative; novel food; Nutrition & Dietetics; schools; TECHNOLOGY NEOPHOBIA; teenagers; VALIDATION | Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022 | Herausgeber: | FRONTIERS MEDIA SA | Enthalten in: | FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION | Band: | 9 | Zusammenfassung: | This study investigated the effect of a four-lesson teaching unit titled ``Entomophagy and Sustainability'' on the willingness of adolescents in Germany to consume insect-based food (N = 114; M-Age = 15.77 years; SDAge = 1.12 years; female = 58.8%). The main aim of the study was to test whether the teaching unit can induce long-term changes in selected nutritional-psychological factors (food disgust, food neophobia, food technology neophobia), attitudes, knowledge, and the willingness to consume insect-based food. For this purpose, a paper-pencil questionnaire was conducted immediately before (pre-test), immediately after (post-test), and approximately six weeks after (follow-up test) the teaching unit. Although significant changes in food disgust, food neophobia, food technology neophobia, attitudes, and knowledge were recorded, adolescents' willingness to consume insect-based food was not significantly increased. Attitudes were identified as the strongest predictor of adolescents' willingness to consume, while knowledge was not a significant predictor. Conclusions and recommendations that can be applied to other educational interventions are provided to increase the effectiveness of the teaching unit. |
ISSN: | 2296-861X | DOI: | 10.3389/fnut.2022.889805 |
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